In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that
A) neither enslaved nor free African Americans could become citizens.
B) African Americans were free only when they entered free territory.
C) Dred Scott had the right to file a suit, but not the right to freedom.
D) only the federal government could end slavery in any part of the Union.
E) only Congress had the right to regulate slavery in the states and the territories.
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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What will be an ideal response?
According to the agreement between Great Britain and the People's Republic of China
a. the British were to leave in 1997, regardless of the welfare of the Hong Kong population. b. the Chinese agreed to permit a half-century of largely self-governing capitalism in Hong Kong, after British rule ended. c. the true nature of Hong Kong autonomy after the British left was not discussed. d. the People's Republican Government ended Hong Kong's capitalist system. e. Hong Kong was recognized as an independent nation by the People's Republic of China.