HIST 12600 Study Guide - Final Guide: Missouri Compromise, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Jeffersonian Democracy
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Ids - pick 5, 8/12 will be on test. Us history final: dred scott, dred scott v. sandford 1857, scott"s owner, dr. john emerson, died while scott was being transferred to la. He had been living in wisconsin (current day minnesota) the court held that african americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be. American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court (pre 14th amendment: slaves are still property even if they had been transported to free states by owner. 5. the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the united states. ruled missouri comp. unconstitutional essentially. Compromise of 1850 had ruled for popular sovereignty, and this was the first test of popular sovereignty c. written by stephen douglas - wanted transcontinental railroad to run through. Pro and antislavery groups flooded into kansas, attacking each other to try to ensure that kansas would tip their way.
