The 1857 Supreme Court Landmark Ruling in Dred Scott V

question 2

Multiple Choice

The 1857 Supreme Court landmark ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford stunned abolitionists. Addressing the issue of racial equality, Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote

• A) that slavery could end, but African Americans must gain their rights incrementally.
• B) that economic equality was acceptable, but political equality was immoral.
• C) that slavery was immoral and equality was tantamount to a healthy and moral society.
• D) that slavery must be abolished with reasonable speed and effectiveness.
• E) that blacks were "so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

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