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In the Dred Scott decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that not only slaves, but no Black person could sue in any US court because they were not citizens of the United States. It said the US had no right to enforce anti-slavery laws in the territories and that a slave, as his masterâ??s â??propertyâ?? could not become free just by going to or living in a free state.
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The Dred Scott decision interpreted the constitution as allowing?
It allowed slavery and found Scott to be property.
Why were most southerner's pleases with the dred Scott decision?
Because it said slavery was protected by the Constitution.
The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that?
...slavery was protected by the constitution on the grounds that a man's property was sacred and slaves were property.
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.
What are facts about the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
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.
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.
What part of the US Constitution did the 1857 Dred Scott case seem to ignore?
Many people believed that in the Dred Scott decision rendered in 1857, was clearly the wrong decision. Critics of the Court cite that in Article IV, Section 2 the Constitution states that Congress has the power to make all needful laws regarding territory or property belonging to the US. The 1857 decision claimed that Congress had no right to pass laws or regulate slavery. And that slaves were property. This contradicts the US Constitution.
How The Dred Scott Decision affect slavery?
The Supreme Court denied Scott his freedom on the grounds that slavery was protected by the Constitution. (They judged that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their definition of 'property' - which was declared sacred under the Constitution.) This decision infuriated the influential Abolitionists in the North, as much as it delighted the South, and deepened the division between the two sections.
Why did southern slavery supporters approve of the Dred Scott US Supreme Court's decision?
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.
Why did Dred Scott decision make Southerners happy?
It declared that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and asserted that a black man should not be allowed to sue his master.
What concerned Lincoln about the read Scott decision?
slavery
