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Dred Scott v. Sandford  1857

 Visit the website:  http://www.landmarkcases.org/dredscott/home.html

A.    Read the The Key Excerpts from the Majority and Dissenting Opinions and complete the questions at the end of Each Page.

B.

  • Read the Background Summary*** (do not answer the questions)

  • View the Diagram of How the Case Moved Through the Court System
  • Click on Read Newspaper Editorials on the Supreme Court Decision

       http://history.furman.edu/~benson/docs/dsmenu.htm

Select five editorials (two from the North, two from the South and one from the West) using the brief summary provide for insight.  Attempt to locate intriguing editorials that: Surprised you (due to geography and content), Implied the possibility of warfare, Indicated that this case would resolve the slavery issue or Provided other significant insights.

For each editorial include:

1.  Identify Geographic Location  (North, South, West)

2.  Title—example Milledgeville, Georgia Federal Union [Democratic], (31 March 1857)

3.  General Perspective of the Editorial

4.  Paste three quotations demonstrating the Perspective cited in #3

5.  Specific Reason you selected this editorial:   Surprised you (due to geography and content), Implied the possibility of warfare, Indicated that this case would resolve the slavery issue or Provided other significant insights.

C.  Summarize your response to the Majority Decision as related to the specific information provided in the materials used for Question #1, The Background Summary and The Diagram of the Case Movement.

 

 

 
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