USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Slaves were property, not citizens. Therefore Slaves have No rights. This overturned Missouri Compromise.
A
Dred Scott v. Sanford
B
Plessy v. Ferguson
C
Engel v. Vitale
D
In Re Gault
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Missouri’s Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857. In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dred Scott v. The other stated that any person taken to a free territory automatically became free and could not be re-enslaved upon returning to a slave state.

Detailed explanation-3: -The opinion showed deference to the Missouri courts, which held that moving to a free state did not render Scott emancipated. Finally, Taney ruled that slaves were property under the Fifth Amendment, and that any law that would deprive a slave owner of that property was unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-4: -On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s presidency four years later. The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford was one of the most controversial decisions in the court’s history.

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