The Case of Dred Scott V. Sanford (1857)

question 216

Multiple Choice

The case of Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

• A) established the national government as supreme on the issue of slavery.
• B) held that Congress lacked constitutional authority to ban slavery in the territories.
• C) emphasized the importance of implied powers found in Article I of the Constitution.
• D) helped forestall the coming of the Civil War.
• E) ruled in favor of the national government.

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