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The Dred Scott decision interpreted the constitution as allowing?
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∙ 14y ago
It allowed slavery and found Scott to be property.
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What reversed the dred scott decision?
13th amendment to the Constitution
What decision was made in the dred scoot v sanford?
Scott wasd denied his freedom. The Court interpreted the Constitution to mean that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, because it said a man's property was sacred, and slaves were property.
Was the court decision correct in Scott v Sandford?
It was for the court to decide what was correct. And they decided that the Constitution should be interpreted as the Founding Fathers would have meant it. So when they declared that a man's property was sacred, their definition of property would have included slaves.
How did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment affect the Dred Scott decision?
The Dred Scott decision stated that people of African decent imported to America were not citizens and not protected by the Constitution. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments nullified that decision.
Why were most southerner's pleases with the dred Scott decision?
Because it said slavery was protected by the Constitution.
Why was Dred Scott decision a victory for slave owners?
It declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union according to the Constitution.
How does the Dred Scott v Sandford relate to the Constitution?
The Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution as it was understood in 1776 - that a man's property was sacred, and slaves were property. This appeared to mean that no state could declare itself to be free soil.
What was the decision of the supremem court case dred Scott v sanford?
The Court interpreted the Constitution, as they believed the Founding Fathers would have meant. A man's property was sacred. Slaves were property. Therefore slavery was legal in every state of the Union. It added that a black man could not be a citizen of the USA, and could not take a white man to court. So Dred Scott's owners had no case to answer.
Why did Dred Scott decision alarm northerners?
It appeared to mean that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and could not be banned from any state of the Union.
The decision rendered in the DRed Scott case was applauded by?
Applauded by the South, who thought its interpretation of the Constitution meant that there was no such thing as free soil.
What precedent did the dred Scott v Sanford case set?
It simply declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, because of how the Chief Justice interpreted the Constitution.
Was dred Scott decision pro or antislavery?
In the 1857 US Supreme Court decision that involved the Dredd Scott case, the Court stated the slaves were property and, also, they could never be US citizens. This pro-slavery decision would later require an amendment to the US Constitution in order to abolish slavery.
