SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Detailed explanation-1: -Besides these procedural changes, Roger Taney was best known for his policy. Adhering to the Jacksonian theory that the state and national government should share powers, Taney believed that the Supreme Court had the duty to decide which powers were shared and which powers were specifically assigned.
Detailed explanation-2: -Taney, declared that all blacks–slaves as well as free–were not and could never become citizens of the United States. The court also declared the 1820 Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, thus permiting slavery in all of the country’s territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the best summary of Taney’s opinion? The men who wrote the Constitution understood that enslaved persons would not be citizens.