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QuizMultiple Choice

Rebuilding the South

Question 20 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney grew up

Answer
A
the son of a fiery abolitionist.
B
a poor Southerner.
C
in a family that enslaved people.
D
a wealthy Northerner.

Explanation

Roger B. Taney grew up in Maryland, a slaveholding state, in a family that enslaved people. He was not raised by an abolitionist, nor was he a poor Southerner or a Northerner. The correct choice is “in a family that enslaved people.”

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