Question

How did the supreme courts decision in the dred Scott case effect the missouri compromise

Answer 1

The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford v. Dred Scott, a case that intensified national divisions over the issue of slavery. In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave, had been taken to Illinois, a free state, and then Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 prohibited slavery

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Answer 2

The Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that Congress had exceeded its authority in The Missouri Compromise because it had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the territories West of Missouri and North of latitude 36 degree 30 .