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The Dred Scott decision of 1857.
It was to do with an unusual case of a slave who should have been entitled to his freedom because his master had taken him on to free soil. But for some reason, the slave did not apply for his freedom until he was back in slave country.
The Supreme Court invoked the Constitution literally, by declaring that a man's property was sacred, and slaves were property. It also declared that a black man was not the sort of person who should be suing a white man.
This infuriated the increasingly powerful abolitionist lobby, and raised the temperature of the whole debate.
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What reason did the Supreme Court give for its ruling that Dred Scott a black man could not be a citizen of the US?
That blacks were inferior and had no rights
The supreme courts ruling in brown v board of education of topeka was an important step in?
the civil rights movement.
What was the ruling that blacks were property and did not have the rights as white people?
It was Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857.
Why was US President Andrew Jackson a controversial president?
President Andrew Jackson was seen as a controversial president because he was a biased person. According to Norton, Jackson ignored the Supreme Court's ruling on Cherokee rights and fail to deal with his cabinet. He did this by removing experienced officeholders and replaced them with his own political followers. He also made the controversial decision to withdraw US funds from the US Bank.
The Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education was an important step in?
The Civil Rights Movement
What controversial US Supreme Court ruling held African Americans had no rights and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories?
The verdict in the Dred Scott case - denying the right of a slave to claim his freedom retrospectively, after having lived on free soil but then returned to slave country.
What was the ruling in the Brown vs the board of Education case?
It was that all blacks had a chance to sit down in class and be equal like their white peers. This was crucial in making sure that they would have the same quality of education as everyone else. Since then, the ruling has ensured the equal rights to an education for blacks.
What were two of the most controversial domestic issues facing Americans during the early part of the 1970s?
{The Supreme Court ruling of roe. V. Wade} {The relaxation of immigration laws}
What was the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling on door-to-door solicitation?
The outcome of the Supreme Court ruling on door-to-door solicitation was that the government can regulate it to protect homeowners' privacy rights, but cannot completely ban it as it is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment.
Which Supreme Court ruling said that the Fourteenth Amendment protected members of all racial groups not just blacks and whites?
Texas v. Hernandez
What events marked the beginning and end of the modern civil rights movement?
the 1954 Supreme Court ruling the made segregation unconstitutional
What is the current decision of gay rights among the Supreme Court Justices?
There is no gay rights ruling by the U.S. Supreme court, other than the repeal of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which was a 5-4 vote in favor of repeal.
