john doe for president
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JOHN DOE FOR PRESIDENT
Sponsors:Kyler BashMeredith ColemanMia Aeschliman
John Doe: Candidate For This 1860’s Election
Age: 54
Party: Republican
Qualifications:
• A strong leader, and won’t be overly influenced by
poor sources.
• Courage to stand up for his beliefs and not be
overcome by others.
• Leadership experience as a general in the US Army
and successfully led many of his men to victory.
• Known as “The Great Communicator” of the century.
John Doe is the perfect candidate for this
1860’s election.
He is confident in a crisis and has the skills to back it
up.
Known as the “Great Communicator,” he can make
fierce opponents see eye-to-eye.
His background enables him to view any situation from
multiple angles.
His skills would have prevented regional conflicts
involving the Dred Scott Decision.
As a representative from North Carolina, he
possesses an advantage over many of the other
candidates. He’s a southerner; and as a
southerner, he understands what the South
wants and needs. But, as a Republican, he also
understands the northern perspective. He
opposes slavery and also doesn’t own any
slaves; however, he supports state’s rights
which are what the South needs. He can see the
situation from both viewpoints, which makes
him a well-rounded candidate.
Well Rounded Candidate
Dred Scott was a slave who sought his freedom through the
American legal system. The 1857 decision by the US
Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case denied his plea,
stating Scott had no right to sue in federal courts because no
black was, or ever could be, a citizen.
The Court then deemed the Missouri Compromise
unconstitutional, because it would be illegally seizing Scott’s
owner of his personal property. This is because the
compromise forbade slavery in northern territory, when a
slave is just “personal property,” and can be taken anywhere.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
“No rights to which the
white man was bound to
respect” -Taney
Northern Reactions
To Northerners, this decision
was like a declaration of war
on all of the ideals and
freedoms awarded them by
their states and territories,
which stood opposed to the
institution of slavery.
believed it to be a political
and moral issue
Universally praised and seen
as the ultimate vindication of
their practice of slavery.
Southerners assumed the
Supreme Court decision had
solved the slavery question
and there would no longer be
any reason for sectional
tension between the North
and South.
Dred Scott ReactionsSouthern Reactions
Dred Scott v. Sandford…. Clerical Error.
Supposed to be Dred Scott v. Sanford
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