Give background info on the Dred Scott v Sandford case of 1857
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Enslaved African American Dred Scott lived in the free state of Ilinois and in the part of the Louisiana territory that was considered free under the Missouri compromise. When he returned to Missouri, Scott sued his slaveholder for his freedom, arguing that living in free territory made him a free man
-chief justice Taney ruled that African Americans were not citizens
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China has been seeking to limit its rate of population growth since a misguided period in the mid-1940s.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Although both Whigs and Democrats tried to avoid the slavery issue in Congress after the election of 1848, what event first resurrected slavery as a major concern for the federal government?
A) the Gold Rush B) the Fugitive Slave Act C) the Kansas-Nebraska Act D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Compare the relations between the English and Indians in Virginia, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Pennsylvania
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The Berlin Airlift was the result of
a. Russian occupation of all of Berlin. b. disagreements between the Americans, British, and French over the control of Berlin. c. Soviet blockade of the West's access to Berlin. d. German rebellions inside the former capital. e. major famines and disease inside the Western sector of Berlin.