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What court case determind that slaves were not US citizens in the Civil War?
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∙ 11y ago
The slave Dred Scott.
This was before the war - and one of the causes of it, because it divided the two sides further and raised the temperature of the debate.
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∙ 12y agoDred Scott VS. Sandford
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When a civil right law was challenged after the civil war the supreme court rule?
in favor of discimination against African Americans because it was not slavery.
Who is a slave who sued for his freedom and lost before the civil war?
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857)AnswerDred Scott sued for his freedom.The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in defendant John Sanford's favor, returning Dred Scott and his family to slavery. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the Opinion of the Court that held slaves, former slaves and descendants of slaves could never be US citizens.AnswerThat was Dred Scott. He should have claimed his freedom while he was on free soil, but he was brought back into slave country, and tried to claim his freedom when his status was subject to debate. This caused immense trouble - and arguably started the Civil War.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
What happened to reverse the dred Scott ruling?
After defeating the Confederacy in the US Civil War, the United States passed the 13th Amendment, which officially abolished slavery, and the 14th Amendment, which delineated the rights of citizens in the US. The Supreme Court did not actually reverse the ruling, although it acknowledged the change in a case in 1873.
Where is site of general lee surrender civil war?
He surrendered at the Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865.
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.
Was it true that Americans law in the early 1800s did not protect enslaved families?
True. Slaves were property and not citizens, so they had no civil rights. The Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scot decision affirmed this concept of slaves as property.
Why do you think the supreme court ruled that slaves were not citizens?
they though they were not good enough and they were just their servants and not citizens
What did the Supreme Court's decision in Dredd Scott originate the concept of?
It originated the concept that former slaves, or descendants of slaves, could never be citizens and therefore couldn't bring cases before the court.
Why is the deed Scott decision regarded as one of the most important cases in the history of the supreme court?
The decision codified slavery and stated that slaves were not citizens, but property. These things made it important and set the stage for the civil war.
What caused the fugitive slave law?
dred scott because his owner took him to wisconsin and he took it to court saying that since he lived in a free state he should be free, but they said slaves where not citizens they were property.
What did the equal protections clause apply to?
widespread use by the Civil Rights Movement in the court pathway How Governments treated citizens of different races(:
When were slaves legally classified as property?
The Dred Scot decision in 1857 stated that slaves were property and had no rights to sue in court or civil rights .
What case determined that African-American slaves were not citizens?
This was the finding of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case (1857).
Supreme court case that ruled slaves were not citizens and could not sue?
In 1857, the Dred Scott vs Sanford case came before the US Supreme Court. Part of the decision in that case was that Blacks were not citizens and therefore could not bring a lawsuit to any court.
8 How have the court decisions defined the constitutions and the civil liberties of American citizens?
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What department of federal government protects a citizens civil rights?
The supreme court and executive branch share this job
What US Supreme Court decision stated slaves were property and not citizens was later abolished by which constitutional amendment?
The US Supreme Court decision on the Dred Scott case affirmed that slaves were property. The court also ruled that Blacks could never be US Citizens. It took several Constitutional amendments to ensure that Blacks and other minorities had the same rights as white people. The 13th amendment abolished slavery totally.
