SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Question
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What did the Southern Democrats think of the Dred Scott decision?
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They thought the Supreme court’s decision WAS valid
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They thought the Supreme court’s decision was NOT valid
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The Southern Democrats were indifferent about the case
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Southern slave owners, as well as supporters of slavery, saw the Dred Scott case as a crucial precedent.It gave them a sense of legal standing to be able to say that the supreme law of the land had not only upheld the idea of slavery, but also dealt a crushing blow to the wildly unpopular Missouri Compromise.
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