MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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would lead to its demise
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had been settled
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had just begun
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would never end
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sandford ruling? Many people were angry at the decision and thought it meant slavery would spread. Many people agreed with the decision but felt that slavery had spread far enough.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. The opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) In a decision that later was nullified by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Supreme Court held that former slaves did not have standing in federal courts because they lacked U.S. citizenship, even after they were freed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Southerners approved the Dred Scott decision believing Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the territories. Abraham Lincoln reacted with disgust to the ruling and was spurred into political action, publicly speaking out against it.