In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that:
a. Scott's travels on free soil had made him a free man.
b. slavery was a crime against God but legal under the Constitution.
c. Congress had no authority to outlaw slavery in federal territories.
d. slavery was illegal in the territories without a majority vote by the residents.
ANSWER: c
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a. federal financial support for internal improvements b. protective tariffs c. a strong national bank d. stronger state banks
The earliest proposal for racial reparations came __________
a) in 1867, when Thaddeus Stevens proposed compensating freed slaves with land b) in 1904, when Teddy Roosevelt argued African Americans should be offered land in the American West c) in 1938, as part of a New Deal program declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court d) in 1967, as part of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society proposals
All of the following were goals of Henry Clay's "American System," EXCEPT:
a. the creation of a national market economy. b. regional specializations that would foster trade. c. shifting funding from transportation to national defense d. economic independence from Europe.
Charles Darwin's main contribution to the scientific field was the idea of evolution
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false