The basis for the Dred Scott case was state citizenship and diversity. Scott, originally a slave in the South, felt he should be considered free after his master's death left him in the North so he tried to file a lawsuit. However, the court ruled on the South's side that he was property and had no rights, which was considered a turning point in slavery.
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
the south because the case said that slaves were definitly not citizens
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
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No, the 14th Amendment supersedes the Dred Scott decision.
Scott was a slave and could not bring suit
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.
The chief justice in the Dred Scott case was Roger B. Taney.
it made slavery and the western territory
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
Dred Scott was fighting for his freedom. The Dred Scott case was a landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled African Americans were not considered citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. The decision further fueled the tensions over the issue of slavery leading up to the Civil War.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
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. :(
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