Yes. As a verdict of the Supreme Court, it could hardly have been otherwise.
But it was still an astounding decision, rendering invalid both the important Compromises (1820 and 1850) over which so many distinguished men had laboured long and hard, for the sake of averting war.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
First, the Dred Scott decision ruled that since Africans weren't citizens, they had no Constitutional rights. Second, it directly led to the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
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 are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The Dred Scott decision by the US Supreme Court weakened the case for those Americans that believed slavery had to be abolished. It strengthened the belief, held mostly in the South, that slavery was Constitutional. The South was elated, and Northerners who opposed slavery were shocked.
The Dred Scott decision by the US Supreme Court in 1857 confirmed what large scale slave owners in the south always believed. That was that slavery was legal under the US Constitution. The Court's decision was controversial, however, only a constitutional amendment could change that decision.
The Dred Scott decision electrified the the nation. chief justice Roger B. tanry said the Dred Scott was still a slave.
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.
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?