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Who ruled that congress could not ban slavery in the territories?
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney in Scott v. Sandford,(1857)
Why did the south want western territories to become slave states?
So they wouldn't keep getting outvoted in Congress
Was slavery prohibited in territories of the US?
Slavery was abolished in the United States territories in June 1862. Any new territory was not to have possession of any slaves after this date.
How did the fugitive slave act start?
== == The Fugitive Slave Law required Northern citizens to help catch escaped slaves. But many Northerners hated the law as much as they hated slavery. They ignored it from the time it was passed by Congress. In this way, the Fugitive Slave Law increased the tension between Northerners and Southerners.
Should slavery be allowed to expand into the territories if the people of those territories want it?
Consider this: Exactly which "people of those territories" wanted expansion of slavery. Definitely not any of the black people. Actually, nearly all the lobbying for slavery came from people living in the South who were anxious to gain more power in the House and Senate for their cause.
Who ruled that congress couldn't ban slavery in the territories?
taney (a judge)
What was the causes of the Compromise of 1850?
The acquisition of vast new territories from Mexico. The South wanted to spread slavery into these new territories. But it was getting harder to create new slave-states, and Congress had to make a big gesture of appeasement to the South in the form of the Fugitive Slave Act.
What was the compromise resolved the issue that involved slavery?
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws passed by the U.S. Congress to address the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War. The compromise included California being admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act to return escaped slaves to their owners, and popular sovereignty to determine slave or free status in other territories.
Were the southerners mad when slavery was banned in California?
They would have been, if Congress had not appeased them with a couple more states where slavery would be permitted, plus enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The North gave up its demand for an end to slavery in all the territories Congress passed a new?
law
What issue divided Congress in the debate over passage of the Wilmont Provisi?
The extension of slavery into new territories
What issue divided Congress in the debate over passage of Wilmot Proviso?
The extension of slavery into new territories
In the1840's what politicized the debate over slavery in the nation as never before Was it the expansion of slavery into the Mexico territory or The Fugitive Slave Act Uncle Tom's Cabin or John Brown?
Expansion of slavery into acquired territories, such as Texas.
Following the Mexican-American War which issue broke party unity and divided Congress largely along sectional lines?
The extension of slavery into territories acquired from mexico
Where and when did the fugitive slave law start?
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850, aimed at addressing the issue of slavery in new territories. It required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, and it was enforced throughout the United States.
Did the dred Scott decision make slavery illegal?
Yes. Congress could NOT tell territories or states not to have slaves.
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who argued that congress could not ban slavery in the territories?
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case in 1857, stating that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories as it would violate the Fifth Amendment.
