Lincoln — Cumulative exam

Question 22 • LCS-Teacher Remediation-M/J United States History_Q3

Which best states how responses to the Scott v. Sandford decision differed in the North and South?

Answer

People in the North agreed with part of the decision, while people in the South agreed with all of it.

People in the North disagreed with the whole decision, while people in the South only agreed with part of it.

People in both the North and South disagreed with the whole decision.

People in the South welcomed the decision, while people in the North feared it.

Explanation

The Supreme Court’s Scott v. Sandford decision denied that African Americans could be U.S. citizens and ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories. Many white Southerners welcomed the ruling because it protected the expansion of slavery. Many Northerners feared it because it could allow slavery to spread into new territories.

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