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THE STRAW THAT BROKETHE CAMEL’S BACK
By: Christy Shannon Moore
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Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made• Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri. (MO)
Dred Scott
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• Scott and his owner moved to Illinois for four years.
Dred Scott
Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made
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• Scott’s owner died.
Dred Scott
Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made
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Dred Scott Decision - :
*____________ sued for his freedom. He claimed that he should be a free man since he lived in a free territory of IL for four years.
Dred Scott
SCOTT
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A: NO
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS:
Q: Was Scott a U.S. citizen with the right to sue?A: NO
Q: Did living in a free territory make Scott a free man?A: NO
Q: Did Congress have the right to outlaw slavery in any territory?
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Justice Roger B. Taney• He was the US
Supreme Court Justice that ruled in the _______________
that slaves were not citizens and had NO rights.
“You’re a mean one, Justice
Taney”
DRED SCOTT CASE
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Roger B. Taney
“You guys are not people..you are property. You are unfit to even hang around with white people. Slaves have absolutely no rights…End of Story!!!."
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A Huge Setback for Abolitionist
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Teach your neighbor who was Justice Roger B. Taney was.
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Lincoln – Douglas Debates
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen Douglas for his seat in the Senate.
I don’t want slavery to spread. I think the
territories themselves should
decide
Lincoln lost the election, but it made him a well known figure.
Two years later, he decided to run for
_______________PRESIDENT.
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• Many in the South were afraid if Lincoln were elected, slavery would be outlawed.
• Some even said they would LEAVE the Union if Lincoln was elected.
Ugh… Lincoln....as president??Heck,
NO!!
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DO YOU NOTICE SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THIS ELECTION THAT THESOUTH MIGHT GET MAD
ABOUT?
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Lincoln’s Election Was The Straw That Broke the Camel’s
Back for the South
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Slavery
No Say So
Dred Scott Case
Sectional Differences
Lincoln’s Election