A Liability Is

question 246

Multiple Choice

A liability is:

• A) having wronged someone and being held responsible in court.
• B) a requirement to pay in the future.
• C) the inability to perform an agreed task.
• D) the requirement that banks offer insurance to depositors.

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Definitions:

Charles Sumner

An American politician and senator known for his strong stance against slavery and his leadership in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.

Preston Brooks

A pro-slavery Congressman from South Carolina known for his violent attack on abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner in 1856.

Dred Scott Decision

A landmark 1857 Supreme Court case that held African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.