Author Question: In his 1860 address at Cooper Union, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that the South would be satisfied ... (Read 84 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

In his 1860 address at Cooper Union, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that the South would be satisfied only if they were convinced that

A) the Republicans agreed that slavery was morally and legally right;
B) the tariff that Republicans favored would not apply to the importation of new slaves;
C) the federal government had the power to restrict slavery in the territories
D) a Republican administration would support filibustering expeditions to Cuba;
E) the Fugitive Slave Act was wrong.

Question 2

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that

A) slaves were not citizens; therefore, they could not sue in federal courts.
B) like all blacks, including those who were free, slaves could not become citizens of the United States
C) residence in a free territory did not make a slave free.
D) None of these choices
E) All of these choices