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The Dred Scott Decision. The Road to Disunion. Focus Question:. What role do the Courts play in national politics?. Kansas-Nebraska sparked discord. Border war in Kansas Formation of the Republican Party Different groups coalesced together Northern Whigs Anti-Slavery Democrats
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Focus Question:
- What role do the Courts play in national politics?
Kansas-Nebraska sparked discord
- Border war in Kansas
- Formation of the Republican Party
- Different groups coalesced together
- Northern Whigs
- Anti-Slavery Democrats
- Free Soil Party
- American Party
Dred Scott Decision
- Sent the nation hurtling toward disunion
- Centered upon a constitutional matter
- Did freedom go with the territory
- Sparked outrage
The Particulars
- Scott belonged to an Army captain
- Brought to army posts in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota (Free territory)
- The Captain died, leaving Scott to his wife
- Scott brought back to Missouri as a slave
- Scott sued for his freedom
- Living in free territory made him free
Scott v. Sandford
- Faced two key questions
- Was Scott a citizen?
- Did freedom go with the territory?
- Decision issued by Roger B. Taney
Ruling
- Decision handed down in 1857
- African-Americans could not be citizens
- Scott could not file a lawsuit
- Scott was a slave
- Missouri Compromise ruled unconstitutional
- Congress had no right to limit property rights
- Slavery did not go with the territory
Divided the nation
- Celebrated in the South
- Seen as a pro-slavery decision
- Assaulted in the North
- “Confirmed” power of the slaveocracy
- Could slavery spread to the free states?
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- “Dred Scott drew Lincoln back to politics”
- Challenged Douglas for the Senate in 1858
- Held a series of 7 debates
- Covered by national newspapers
Ramifications
- Douglas won re-election
- Lincoln gained a national audience
- Douglas lost Southern support for 1860
- Freeport Doctrine
- Slavery was artificial
- Slavery needed laws
to protect it
