Question

Which is a correct statement about the 1857 Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision of 1857?

Question 1 options:

The decision pleased both the North and South


Abolitionists considered the decision a great victory.


Slaves were classified as porperty without human rights


Expansion of slavery into new territories was declared illegal.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "Slaves were classified as porperty without human rights". The supreme court decision in 1857 about Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393, implied that slaves were classified as property, as a person whose ancestors were imported as slaves, could not be an American citizen and for that he or she could not sue in federal court whether enslaved or free.