Author Question: In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that a. Dred Scott was not a citizen of the ... (Read 120 times)

tuffie · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that

a. Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States.
b. Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court.
c. the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
d. Congress had no power to ban slavery from a federal territory, even if a territorial legislature had voted to do so.
e. free blacks who were citizens had no right to sue federal court.

Question 2

The Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because

a. of the many converts to Catholicism.
b. of the health care they provided.
c. they made peace with the Indians.
d. they encouraged the Indians to participate in the fur trade.
e. of their exploration and work as geographers.