Which of these statements is most consistent with the facts of the civil war by may of 1862?

a) an illinoisan claiming the emancipation proclamation will win the war before the fourth of july
b) a confederate boasting about southern dominance of the water after the victory of the merrimack (or virginia, as he would probably call it) over the monitor
c) a mississippi resident claiming that southerners dominate the land west of the appalachians
d) a yankee bragging that as soon as mcclellan captures richmond the war will be over

Which points did chief justice roger b. taney use to justify the supreme court’s ruling in the dred scott case? the property clause of the constitution, the due process clause of the fifth amendment, and the fact that african americans were not citizens. the practice of judicial review established in marbury v. madison, the property clause of the constitution, and the due process clause of the fifth amendment. the necessary and proper clause of the constitution, the due process clause of the fifth amendment, and the fact that african americans were not citizens. the commerce clause of the constitution, the elastic clause of the sixth amendment, and the practice of judicial review established in gibbons v. ogden.