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Scott v. Sandford decided that slaves brought into free territory were automatically freed?
No, it decided exactly the opposite. Slaves that got into free territories remained the property of the slaveholder and had to be returned to the slaveholder, because the Supreme Court declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
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What was the south's point of view in the battle of fort Sumter?
The Confederacy viewed Fort Sumter as an illegal post for the Union in Confederate territory. Since the fort's commander refused to evacuate the fort, the South decided to bombard it and force it to surrender.
What was the significance of the Dred Scott v Sandford case?
The Supreme Court decided to interpret the Constitution exactly as the Founding Fathers would have meant it. So when they said that a man's property was sacred, they would have included slaves in their definition of property. According to that reading of the Constitution, slavery was legal in every state of the Union, and the Missouri Compromise had been invalid all along. This verdict delighted the South as much as it offended Northern abolitionists, and it drove the two sides further apart than ever.
Who decided what news would be announced in World War 2?
Neville Chamberlain decided to tell the world that the world was going to world with Germany.
What is the compromise of World War 2?
maybe the Germans decided instead of having to pay for the second war(still needing to pay for the first one) they decided to give up part of their country to the us and russia and then decided to separate it with the Berlin wall>
What did Stephen Douglas propose in the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854?
the nebraska territory would open up and be divided into 2 states: nebraska and kansas. originally, nebraska would have been the free state and kansas the slave state BUT nebraska and kansas would be decided by popular sovereignty
What yeard did dred Scott suprteme court case is decided?
Dred Scott v. Sandford : 1857 .
Is where voters in a new territory decided if they wanted to ban or allow slavery?
The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857 established that territorial voters did not have the authority to ban or allow slavery; this decision held that Congress was the sole authority on the issue of slavery in the territories.
Believers in popular sovereignty proposed that the future of slavery in a territory should be decided by?
a territory's voters
What president was Dred Scott v Sandford under?
James Buchanan was the President in 1857 when the Supreme Cout decided the case.
The rest of the Mexican cession divided into the?
It was decided to divide the remainder of the Mexican War into two territories, the Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory.
What country did Thomas jerrerson but from Louisiana territory?
He didnt necesarily buy it. the Mexican-American war decided who won the Louisiana territory, and we won it from Mexico :)
In the Douglas stated that the people of a territory ultimately decided whether or not they wanted slavery?
freeport doctrine
How were elections decided before democracy?
If they were held, the vote was brought to the highest government officials.
What part of the constitution was involved in the dred Scott v Sandford case?
The clause that declared that a man's property was sacred. The court decided that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves within their defintiion of property.
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government?
popular sovereignty
The doctrine that the issue of slavery should be decided by the residents of a territory themselves not by the federal government.?
popular sovereignty
What events brought an end to American involvement in world war 2?
just decided they wanted out
