Assignment task: In 1857 all these compromises were ruled unconstitutional through a Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott v Sandford. For your first assignment-watch the video below regarding the Dred Scott Case. There are questions below I want you to answer regarding the case.
YouTube Video: The Dred Scott Decision Explained: US History Review
Q1. What are your thoughts about what Dred and his wife Harriet went through prior to the legal case? (While owned by the Emerson family.)
Q2. Why do you a previous owner that "leased" Dred and Harriet funded their legal case to be free?
Q3. What was the ruling in the Dred Scott v Sandford (1857) case heard by the Supreme Court?
Q4. What was their reasoning for the ruling?
Q5. Due to the ruling, what happened to the anti-slavery movement in the North? Please explain why that happened.
Q6. Do you think the Court made the decision it made due to the historical time frame they were living in? Or could they have made another decision? Explain to me your thoughts on this.