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Mainly the Chief Justice's interpretation of the badly-worded Constitution to mean that slavery was protected everywhere in the USA.

Also a general suggestion that blacks should not be suing whites.

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Dred Scott v. Sanford was the first instance in which the supreme court invalidated a major piece of federal legislation...

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Q: Why were Republicans especially angered by the Dred Scott versus Sanford decision?
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Why were republicans angered by the dred Scott V. Sandford decision?

Because it declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union.


Republicans actions while Taft was in office angered Roosevelt?

Yes.


Republicans were angered by Federalists when what were passed to protect the US from traitors?

Jay's Treaty


What did the Republicans believe about the Jay Treaty?

The Jay Treaty angered Republicans. They claimed that the United States had given away too much and received too little.


Did the dred Scott decision angered the north?

It greatly angered the Abolitionists - remembering that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.


How did the Dred Sctt v Sanford decision affect the slavery debate?

It claimed that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, if the Constitution was interpreted in a certain way. This delighted the South, as much as it angered Northern Abolitionists, and raised the temperature of the whole slavery debate nationwide.


President Andrew Johnson's leniency with former Confederate officials and his veto of legislation designed to provide civil rights and financial aid to former slaves angered?

It angered the Radical Republicans.


What did the federalists pass when they angered many republicans to protect the US from traitors?

the federalist passed the Alien and Sedition Acts.


What decision angered the north?

If you're doing the crossword, the Dred Scott descision.


What did Taft do that angered progressive republicans?

He signed the Aldrich Bill which made fewer cuts than the Payne Bill and increased many rates.


Why were abolitionist angered by the Dred Scott decision?

Because the decision showed that the Supreme Court didn't think that any State could outlaw slavery.


President Taft angered many progressive with his?

Payne--Aldrich Tariff Act which raised the price of newspapers and decreased the price of American Tobacco, due to tobacco import from the Philippines. It also angered many of the republicans and caused the party to split into progressive and old guard.