RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that (3.1)
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The power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race
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Congress could not pass a law depriving territorial residents of their property
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A national vote should be held to decide the legality of slavery
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The economic well-being of the western states depended on slave labor
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Missouri’s Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857. In its 1857 decision that stunned the nation, the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dred Scott Decision outraged abolitionists, who saw the Supreme Court’s ruling as a way to stop debate about slavery in the territories. The divide between North and South over slavery grew and culminated in the secession of southern states from the Union and the creation of the Confederate States of America.
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