THE STRAW THAT BROKETHE CAMEL’S BACK

By: Christy Shannon Moore

Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made• Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri. (MO)

Dred Scott

• Scott and his owner moved to Illinois for four years.

Dred Scott

Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made

• Scott’s owner died.

Dred Scott

Dred Scott Decision :The Worst Decision the Supreme Court Ever Made

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

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?

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

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!!!."

A Huge Setback for Abolitionist

Teach your neighbor who was Justice Roger B. Taney was.

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.

• 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!!

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

Slavery

No Say So

Dred Scott Case

Sectional Differences

Lincoln’s Election