Republicans proclaimed that they were not bound by the Dred Scott ruling because
a. Scott lacked standing to sue, as the Court determined, making the rest of the ruling null and void.
b. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was no longer of sound mind.
c. the majority of the Supreme Court justices were southerners.
d. the Missouri Compromise had already been invalidated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
e. popular sovereignty had proven its worth in Kansas.
c
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A) China B) Korea C) Buddhism D) Vietnam
What did Karl Marx argue?
A) that a classless society would emerge when capitalism triumphed around the world. B) that individual economic theories were only as effective as those who practiced them. C) that workers who knew they would be given a competitive wage would be the most loyal to a company. D) that capitalists would eventually bring about their own destruction by driving impoverished workers to revolt. E) that only by introducing Biblical principles into the workplace could there be harmony between business owners and their workers.
Safavid power was spread through Persia by
a. resurgent Sunni military leaders. b. Ismail's militant use of Shi'ite Islam to unify the region. c. Safi's enforcement of sufi mysticism throughout the region. d. Shah Abbas' successful military campaigns against the Byzantines. e. Sunni pashas.
The Manchus rejected all aspects of the Ming political system
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false