It upset them because the ruling basically made stated that Congress could not outlaw slavery anywhere because slaves where property of the slave owner, and therefore protected by the 5th amendment.
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
It appeared to mean that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, so that all the compromises had been invalid. (novanet) the north was upset because the decision declared the missouri compromise to be unconstitutional
Because the Supreme Court ruled he was still a slave even though his owner died. The North was upset by that.
It appeared to mean that slavery was legal in all states of the Union. It also upset the Abolitionists by declaring that a black man could not be a citizen of the United States, and could not sue a white man.
Do you mean 'Was the Dred Scott verdict good or bad for the North?' For moral reasons, it greatly offended the Abolitionist minority, which included many powerful figures. Most other Northerners were also upset by it, because it raised the temperature of the debate, and brought war closer.
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The North was upset because the decision declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. - Novanet
The Dred Scott decision declared that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens and overturned the Missouri Compromise, inflaming tensions over slavery expansion. Many in the North were upset because they believed the decision further entrenched slavery and undermined the rights of African Americans.
It appeared to mean that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, so that all the compromises had been invalid. (novanet) the north was upset because the decision declared the missouri compromise to be unconstitutional
Because the Supreme Court ruled he was still a slave even though his owner died. The North was upset by that.
they said that he was a piece of property and could not sue for his freedom
The Dred Scott decision demonstrated that there was no single nation any more. The South certainly wasn't upset by any decision that declared slavery to be legal, and that the new territories could not vote to join the USA as free-soil states. It was North that was upset at the suggestion that every state in the Union could, in theory, practise slavery. They were also displeased by the way the judgment was worded - that the Chief Justice reckoned a black man had no business taking a white man to court.
It appeared to mean that slavery was legal in all states of the Union. It also upset the Abolitionists by declaring that a black man could not be a citizen of the United States, and could not sue a white man.
Do you mean 'Was the Dred Scott verdict good or bad for the North?' For moral reasons, it greatly offended the Abolitionist minority, which included many powerful figures. Most other Northerners were also upset by it, because it raised the temperature of the debate, and brought war closer.