USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -“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).

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The decision in the Dred Scott case declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, which opened the debate over slavery’s expansion once again. The decision helped convince many Northerners, including some Ohioans, that they now resided in a government dominated by Southern slaveholders.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860? It gave rise to the Know-Nothing Party, which won the election.