SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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They thought that the Supreme Court’s decision WAS valid
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They thought that the Supreme Court’s decision was NOT valid
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The northern republicans were indifferent about the case
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Northerners, especially Republicans, were outraged by the decision. They sided with the two lone dissenters, believing that Scott was a free man due to his time in free territory, as Congress was allowed to prohibit slavery in the territories.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite the ruling, many Northern courts and politicians rejected the Dred Scott decision as binding. In several states legislatures resolved to prohibit slavery in any form from crossing onto their soil and enacted legislation freeing slaves passing within their borders.