Historical Figures
The 16th president of the United States who signed the emancipation proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Grants ______ to all people born or naturalized in the United States
What is citizenship?
A person subject to rights under constitution
What is a citizen?
The name of the plaintiff
Who is Dred Scott?
An escaped Slave turned activist for civil rights and abolishment of slavery
Who Is Fredrick Douglass?
People that gained citizenship from the signing of the 14th amendment
Who are former enslaved people and immigrants born in the US?
Granting citizenship to all persons born in the US
What is the 14th amendment?
The court the case went to
What is the supreme court?
The man who unsuccessfully sued for freedom which led to the decision ruling that slaves were not citizens and that congress could not prohibit slavery in the south
Who Is Dredd Scott?
The year that the 14th amendment was ratified
What is 1868?
Declaration by Lincoln to free enslaved Africans in slave states during the civil war
What is the emancipation Proclemation?
The defendent's name
Who is Sanford?
The president after Lincoln. Unsuccessfully opposed the adoption of the 14th amendment.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Prohibits states from denying _____ under the law
What is equal protection?
Law protecting citizens rights in the court
What is Due Process?
Supreme Court Justice that opposed citzenship of enslaved Africans
Who is
Robert B. Taney?
Republican representative that framed the 14th amendment which protected citizen rights
Who is John Bingham?
No State can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without _____ of law
What is due process?
Said that living in a free state did not give an enslaved person freedom
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
What is 1857?