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The Road to Disunion

The Dred Scott Decision. The Road to Disunion. Focus Question:. What role do the Courts play in national politics?. Kansas-Nebraska sparked discord. Border war in Kansas Formation of the Republican Party Different groups coalesced together Northern Whigs Anti-Slavery Democrats

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The Road to Disunion

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  1. The Dred Scott Decision The Road to Disunion

  2. Focus Question: • What role do the Courts play in national politics?

  3. Kansas-Nebraska sparked discord • Border war in Kansas • Formation of the Republican Party • Different groups coalesced together • Northern Whigs • Anti-Slavery Democrats • Free Soil Party • American Party

  4. Dred Scott Decision • Sent the nation hurtling toward disunion • Centered upon a constitutional matter • Did freedom go with the territory • Sparked outrage

  5. The Particulars • Scott belonged to an Army captain • Brought to army posts in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota (Free territory) • The Captain died, leaving Scott to his wife • Scott brought back to Missouri as a slave • Scott sued for his freedom • Living in free territory made him free

  6. Scott v. Sandford • Faced two key questions • Was Scott a citizen? • Did freedom go with the territory? • Decision issued by Roger B. Taney

  7. Ruling • Decision handed down in 1857 • African-Americans could not be citizens • Scott could not file a lawsuit • Scott was a slave • Missouri Compromise ruled unconstitutional • Congress had no right to limit property rights • Slavery did not go with the territory

  8. Divided the nation • Celebrated in the South • Seen as a pro-slavery decision • Assaulted in the North • “Confirmed” power of the slaveocracy • Could slavery spread to the free states?

  9. Lincoln-Douglas Debates • “Dred Scott drew Lincoln back to politics” • Challenged Douglas for the Senate in 1858 • Held a series of 7 debates • Covered by national newspapers

  10. Ramifications • Douglas won re-election • Lincoln gained a national audience • Douglas lost Southern support for 1860 • Freeport Doctrine • Slavery was artificial • Slavery needed laws to protect it

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