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It was not a change to the Constitution. It was an interpretation of one clause that impacted on the slavery question - the statement that a man's property was sacred.
The Supreme Court decided that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves within their definition of property. Therefore, slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
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How did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment affect the Dred Scott decision?
The Dred Scott decision stated that people of African decent imported to America were not citizens and not protected by the Constitution. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments nullified that decision.
What decision declared that slaves could not be taken from their masters?
The Dred Scott decision
What amendment overturned the dred Scott decision?
14th amendment
What did the supreme court decide in the Dred Scott decision?
In the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision of 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved African American Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not considered a citizen under the Constitution. The Court also declared that Congress lacked the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories, effectively nullifying the Missouri Compromise. This decision heightened tensions over slavery in the United States and is often cited as a catalyst for the Civil War.
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 reversed the dred scott decision?
13th amendment to the Constitution
The Dred Scott decision interpreted the constitution as allowing?
It allowed slavery and found Scott to be property.
How did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment affect the Dred Scott decision?
The Dred Scott decision stated that people of African decent imported to America were not citizens and not protected by the Constitution. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments nullified that decision.
How did the northerners and southerners react to the Dred Scott decision?
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Why were most southerner's pleases with the dred Scott decision?
Because it said slavery was protected by the Constitution.
What group was benefited most by dred Scott decision?
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
What did Stonewall Jackson think of the Dred Scott Decision?
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
Who was dred Scott and what was the dred Scott decision?
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?
the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
Why was Dred Scott decision a victory for slave owners?
It declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union according to the Constitution.
How did northerners and southerners react to the dred Scott?
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Why did Dred Scott decision alarm northerners?
It appeared to mean that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and could not be banned from any state of the Union.
