USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Dred Scott decision contribute to the American Civil War? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that Congress had exceeded its authority in the Missouri Compromise because it had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories west of Missouri and north of latitude 36°30′.

Detailed explanation-2: -The court case Dred Scott v. Sandford fueled tensions between the North and the South that eventually led to the American Civil War. Dred Scott was born into slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -“The Southern opinion upon the subject of Southern slavery, ” trumpeted one Georgia newspaper, “is now the supreme law of the land.” The Dred Scott decision thus increased tensions and pushed the country closer toward the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–65).