The Dred Scott Decision Flashcards

398677582	In 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of an enslaved African American, what was his name?	Dred Scott
398677583	Scott had asked for his freedom, what did the court do?	Refused him
398677584	Scott was a slave of who	An army doctor
398677585	For a time they lived where?	Illinois, a free state
398677586	Who died?	Dred Scott's owner
398677587	The case moved where?	To the federal system and up to the Supreme court
398677588	There, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said what?	He said that ''because Scott's a slave, he had none of the rights and privileges of an American citizen
398677589	Taney also described what?	That congress had no right to forbid slavery in the Wisconsin Territory
398677590	He felt what?	That the united states constitution protected the right of people to own slaves
398677591	He believed what?	That the Missouri Compromise was keeping people from owning property
398677592	Many people had hoped what?	The the Dred Scott Decision would finally settle the disagreements among the sections of the country over slavery once and for all. instead, it made the problems worse.