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This 5 page paper provides an overview of Dred Scott and shows how it has impacted American life. Its influence on the Civil War is emphasized. A recent case is noted as it relates to the 1857 decision. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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created the nation known as the U.S.A. The United States started as European colonies and emerged as a great nation. But there have been other factors that have influenced the
American way of life more directly. The U.S. Constitution with its Amendments and the institutions designed by the Founding Fathers are some important elements. Other things have also affected life
in the United States, but those ways are not quite as clear. For example, the Dred Scott Decision that came about in the mid-1800s was a decision that has indeed
affected life in America as it is known today. In 1857, the Dred Scott Decision was handed down. The case of Dred Scott v. Sandford prompted the Supreme Court
to announce that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional (McWhirter PG). What happened in the case was that Dred Scott, who was a slave, had been found in the portion
of the Louisiana Territory that the Missouri Compromise declared to be free (PG). However, when he went back to Missouri, Scott sued to be free there, arguing that because he
had been living inside free territory at the time, that he had in fact become free (PG). It is quite puzzling when such jurisdictional issues crop up. British law does
hold in favor of Scotts claim (PG). However, the U.S. Constitution did not support Scotts assumption. It was a complicated issue for the Supreme Court. There were eight different opinions
that surfaced, but the opinion of Chief Justice Taney was thought to be the opinion of the Court (McWhirter PG). Taney essentially ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
and went on to say that black people were inherently inferior, and that the federal government and the states did not have the power to change the status of a
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