SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Slavery had expanded across the continent, and Northerners were nervous
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Slavery was banned almost everywhere, and Southerners were nervous
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Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South
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Slavery was not an important issue because of the Missouri Compromise
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. The best description of slavery during Dred Scott’s time was that Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South.
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: -In 1846, an enslaved Black man named Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, sued for their freedom in St. Louis Circuit Court. They claimed that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited. The odds were in their favor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best describes Dred Scott? Scott was an enslaved person who sued for his freedom.