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Who stated that slaves were not citizens and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional?
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Chief Justice, Roger Taney, in the Dred Scott trial, when it reached the Supreme Court in 1857.
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Scott v. Sandford decided that slaves brought into free territory were automatically freed?
No, it decided exactly the opposite. Slaves that got into free territories remained the property of the slaveholder and had to be returned to the slaveholder, because the Supreme Court declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
Was there slavery in the northwest?
no because after the Missouri compromise it was prohibited to have slaves north of Missouri
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 was Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850 was to keep the Union together.
Are there some famous slaves in the Missouri compromise?
dred Scott
What did chief justice Taney say that made The Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories.
What compromises did the government make leading up to the US Civil War?
There were a number of compromises made in the US leading up to the US Civil War. The list is as follows:1. In order to have the new US Constitution ratified, slavery was not slated for abolishment, but the importation of slaves would be illegal after 10 years. ( this was a hollow deal as slaves continued to be imported under cover) 2. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 to keep the balance of slave and free states equal; 3. The Missouri Compromise of 1850, this also to keep the slave-free state balance, but added the Fugitive Slave Law; and 4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing citizens to vote on the slave issue when a territory had yet to apply for statehood.
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 area was covered under The Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise coved the issue of slavery in the United States at that time. The compromise gave all the let the land south of the Missouri state border to be able to choose to have slaves, while all states north of that border had to be free states.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of The Missouri Compromise?
An advantage to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was that slavery would not be permitted in the territory that is now the state of Missouri. A disadvantage to the Missouri Compromise was that people who believed in slavery in the South could not move north to gain more land and keep their slaves.
How was dred Scott discriminated?
because they said "slaves are property" and said that the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional and they wanted to keep slaves out of western territory and any slaves found free would be back in captivity and even though Dred Scott was free for 19 years they still made him to be a slave because of the Dred Scott vs. Sanford .That is how Dred Scott was discriminated.
Was Lincoln against The Missouri Compromise?
Lincoln was only 11 years old when then Missouri Compromise was made. I doubt that he had any strong feelings about it. He did not regularly go the school-- he may not even have heard about it at the time.
