Controversial and discriminatory.
Controversial and divisive.
Dred Scott was fighting for his freedom. The Dred Scott case was a landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled African Americans were not considered citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. The decision further fueled the tensions over the issue of slavery leading up to the Civil War.
The chief justice in the Dred Scott case was Roger B. Taney.
The Dred Scott case was a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1857 that ruled African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered U.S. citizens and thus had no standing to sue in federal court. The decision also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, sparking further tensions over the issue of slavery in the United States.
The South generally supported the Dred Scott decision because it upheld the rights of slaveowners to take their slaves into any territory. They saw it as a victory for states' rights and slaveholding interests.
Controversial and divisive.
brave,amazing,life changing
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
Dred Scott is a slave and sued his slave owner that if his in the north his freed from slavery. dred scott decision is when they said the Dred is just a slave and they are not citizen had no rights to sue their slave owners. this led to continue the civil wars against the north and the south
the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The Dred Scott decision declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and ruled that slaves were property. The decision did not necessarily alarm most people in the North.
The Dred Scott decision electrified the the nation. chief justice Roger B. tanry said the Dred Scott was still a slave.
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
No