dred scott decision :the worst decision the supreme court ever made dred scott was a slave from...
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THE STRAW THAT BROKETHE CAMEL’S BACK
By: Christy Shannon Moore
Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made• Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri. (MO)
Dred Scott
• Scott and his owner moved to Illinois for four years.
Dred Scott
Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made
• Scott’s owner died.
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Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made
Dred Scott Decision - :
*____________ sued for his freedom. He claimed that he should be a free man since he lived in a free territory of IL for four years.
Dred Scott
SCOTT
A: NO
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS:
Q: Was Scott a U.S. citizen with the right to sue?A: NO
Q: Did living in a free territory make Scott a free man?A: NO
Q: Did Congress have the right to outlaw slavery in any territory?
Justice Roger B. Taney• He was the US
Supreme Court Justice that ruled in the _______________
that slaves were not citizens and had NO rights.
“You’re a mean one, Justice
Taney”
DRED SCOTT CASE
Roger B. Taney
“You guys are not people..you are property. You are unfit to even hang around with white people. Slaves have absolutely no rights…End of Story!!!."
A Huge Setback for Abolitionist
Teach your neighbor who was Justice Roger B. Taney was.
Lincoln – Douglas Debates
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen Douglas for his seat in the Senate.
I don’t want slavery to spread. I think the
territories themselves should
decide
Lincoln lost the election, but it made him a well known figure.
Two years later, he decided to run for
_______________PRESIDENT.
• Many in the South were afraid if Lincoln were elected, slavery would be outlawed.
• Some even said they would LEAVE the Union if Lincoln was elected.
Ugh… Lincoln....as president??Heck,
NO!!
DO YOU NOTICE SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THIS ELECTION THAT THESOUTH MIGHT GET MAD
ABOUT?
.
Lincoln’s Election Was The Straw That Broke the Camel’s
Back for the South
Slavery
No Say So
Dred Scott Case
Sectional Differences
Lincoln’s Election