Dred Scott Case Flashcards
1
Q
Who was Dred Scott?
A
A slave from Missouri
2
Q
What happened with Dred Scott?
A
He moved to Wisconsin and then back to Missouri
3
Q
Why did Dred Scott go to court?
A
Fo his freedom on the grounds that when his master took him to a free territory that he was no longer a slave
4
Q
Who had to decide the Dred Scott case?
A
Te U.S. Supreme Court
5
Q
What did the Supreme Court have to decide?
A
Is a slave a person or property
6
Q
What did Chief Justice Robert Taney say during the Dred Scott case?
A
- Slaves were not citizens
- Slaves could not sue in court
- Slaves were property
- Congress could not ban slavery in any territory
6
Q
What did Chief Justice Robert Taney say was unconstitutional?
A
The Missouri Compromise and popular sovreignty
7
Q
What ended up happening to Dred Scott
A
He remained a slave
