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It wasn't a compromise, it was a 7-2 decision.
The controversy was over the reason given by the Supreme Court for rejecting Scott's application. They ruled that slaves were property, and a man's property was sacred under the Constitution. This meant that slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
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What decision declared the Missouri compromise unconstitutional?
The admission of California to the Union - it was too big to be accommodated according to the terms of that compromise.
What dicison nullified The Missouri Compromise?
Dred Scott decision
What describes the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
The Missouri Compromise was illegal; therefore, Dred Scott was free.The Missouri Compromise was legal; therefore, Dred Scott wasn't free.The Missouri Compromise was illegal; therefore, Dred Scott wasn't free.The Missouri Compromise was legal; therefore, Dred Scott was free.
Why did the Dred Scott decision alarm Northerners?
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.
What law was founded to be unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?
the missouri compromise
Compromise of 1850 Dred Scott Decision Kansas-Nebraska Act dates?
The Compromise of 1850's date is 1850. The date of Dred Scott is later in 1850. Kansas Nebraska act is in 1854.
How did the Dred Scott decision change the Missouri Compromise?
In the Dred Scott decision a slave was taken up north to a "free state," according to the Missouri Compromise, and then brought back down to a slave state. Dred Scott felt that by entering a free state should be free from slavery, but on the ruling the Dred Scott decision ruled that slaves are considered property and can be taken anywhere, therefore going against the Missouri Compromise. The Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause for the reasons stated above, and overturned the legislation.
What effect did the Dred Scott Supreme Court case have on Dred Scott's freddom and on the Missouri Compromise?
Scott didn't win his freedom and the decision reinforced the idea that slaves were property. The Missouri Compromise was a blow to the southern states to gain more slave states. I don't think the Scott decision added anything to the compromise, but it did entrench slavery in the states where it existed.
Which event could be placed in the second slotThe Compromise of 1850 was passed.The Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.The Missouri Compromise was passed.The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed?
The Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.
What major decision led up to the civil war?
There was not a major decision that led to it but there were many that led to it such as the dred Scott decision and the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 and the Lincoln- Douglas debate
How did the northerners and southerners react to the Dred Scott decision?
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
What Supreme Court decision overturned both the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
