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Challenges to Slavery

Question 8 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

Where had Dred Scott lived before returning to Missouri?

Answer
A
Missouri and Maine
B
California and Virginia
C
Kansas and Nebraska
D
Illinois and Wisconsin

Explanation

Before returning to Missouri, Dred Scott had lived with his enslaver in the free states of Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. His time there was central to his legal case, because he argued that living in free territory made him free. The correct choice is Illinois and Wisconsin.

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