SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
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As a result of the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case, slaveholders had the legal right to take enslaved persons into
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Missouri
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any territory
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Kansas and Nebraska
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western territories
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone’s property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.
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