After 10 years of appeals in a lower court, the Supreme Court decided that all people of African descent, whether slave or free, could not be US citizens, and hence couldn't sue in federal court. Another ruling outcome of this case was that the federal government had no power to prohibit slavery in its territories.
In one of he worst Supreme Court rulings in history, the court decided against Scott, saying that he remained the property of his master, and that free states were obligated to abide by the laws of the slave states.
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
In the Supreme Court.
Slaves were the property of their owners.
That the Supreme Court decision was both unnecessary and invalid.
dred scott
Dred Scott
The decision made slavery legal and slaves were properly without rights or citizenship.
the dred scott decision stated that slaves are peoplealso and should'nt be property :D yurwelcomee
The Supreme Court declared Scott was a free man
Which statement best describes the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision?
In the Supreme Court.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Slaves were the property of their owners.
Dred Scott
The Chief Justice Roger B. Taney stated that any African/African American-slave or not-couldn't be a citizen of the U.S. and could not sue in the US courts.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.