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The Dred Scott decision explicitly denied state and federal citizenship to all African-Americans and ended the "once free, always free" standard courts applied to emancipate slaves who had lived in free territory. The Court, in effect legalized slavery, which was in effect in the southern states.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 10y agoThat Scott could not have his freedom.
The Supreme Court decided to interpret the Constitution in the way that the Founding Fathers would originally have meant it. A man's property was sacred. Slaves were property. So slavery was legal in every state of the Union. This meant that Scott's claim to have lived on free soil was not valid.
The Court also declared that Scott had no business taking a white man to court, because a black person could not be a citizen of the USA, and therefore not eligible to sue anyone.
This verdict delighted the South as much as it infuriated Northern Abolitionists, and it raised the temperature of the whole debate.
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∙ 12y agothe derd scott desicion was about the anti slavery.I hope it helped.
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What are facts about the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Where did the Dred Scott Decision occur?
In the Supreme Court.
How did the north react to the dred Scott case decision?
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
What supreme court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery?
dred scott
What group was benefited most by dred Scott decision?
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
What are facts about the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Where did the Dred Scott Decision occur?
In the Supreme Court.
Who was the subject of a supreme court decision on slavery?
Dred Scott
Which of these was not a result of the Dred Scott U.S. supreme court decision?
The Supreme Court declared Scott was a free man
What did the supreme court in its decision in the dred Scott case?
The Supreme Court eventually decided to give Dred Scott his freedom. They made that decision because they thought that it would end the huge slavery crisis. A few weeks after Dred Scott was freed, he sadly died. :(
Who was appointed to supreme court by Jackson he wrote the Dred Scott decision?
maria
How did the north react to the dred Scott case decision?
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
What supreme court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery?
dred scott
What supreme court decision divided the nationall even more?
Dred Scott case
What role did Roger Taney play in determine whether or not slaves could sue in the courts?
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Roger B. Taney?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott decision was made
Why did the supreme court ruled against dred Scott?
The Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott in 1857 in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford because the Court held that Scott, as a black person, was not a citizen and therefore could not file a lawsuit. The decision also invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820, stating that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories.
