A Contract May Be Enforceable If Promissory Estoppel Applies

question 44

True/False

A contract may be enforceable if promissory estoppel applies.

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Definitions:

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.

James McCune Smith

The first African American to hold a medical degree and an influential abolitionist and author in the 19th century America.