Many Northerners opposed the Dred Scott decision because it denied African Americans citizenship and upheld the idea that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories, undermining the principles of free soil and the rights of states to regulate their own affairs. The ruling heightened tensions between the North and South, as it was seen as a victory for pro-slavery forces and a threat to the expansion of free labor. This opposition contributed to the growing abolitionist movement and increased sectional conflict leading up to the Civil War.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
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It greatly angered the Abolitionists - remembering that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.
It appeared to mean that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and could not be banned from any state of the Union.
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
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
for them to have more fish in there lives.
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.
It greatly angered the Abolitionists - remembering that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.
It appeared to mean that slavery was protected by the Constitution, and could not be banned from any state of the Union.
The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford outraged Northerners because it ruled that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories. This decision was seen as a blow to the abolitionist movement and reinforced the perception that the federal government was siding with pro-slavery interests.
No- he was happy to have the case settled , thinking it would stabilize the country.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
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.
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 US 393 (1857)