Chapter 21 Dred Scott Court Case

The Dred Scott decision said

slaves were property.

How did the Northerners feel about the Dred Scott decision

They were stunned and outraged. They felt the court's decision was immoral and did not settle the issue of slavery.

The Missouri Compromise

banned slavery.

The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans (free or slave) could never become

citizens

The Dred Scott decision

undid the Missouri Compromise

Why is the Dred Scott decision considered one of the causes of the Civil War.

The decision undid all the compromise what were already in place regarding where slavery was allowed and banned and this upset Northerners, especially since it also said that slaves were property and that African Americans would never be citizens with rights.

How did the Southerners feel about the Dred Scott decision

The slaveholders were delighted with the Supreme Court decision and felt the issue of where slavery was allowed was finally settled.

Dred Scott Event

Was a slave who sued for his freedom after his owner took him to Wisconsin where the Missouri Compromise banned slavery. The case made it to the Supreme Court who ruled that Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because he was not a citizen. The court also ruled that African Americans (free or slave) could never become citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional since slaves were property and the 5th Amendment protects our right to take our property wherever we want.