Dred Scott Case 

Effects

The Dred Scott case was a hugely controversial decision of the day further polarizing the North and the South who are already on the brink of violence. This decision pushes the limits of the North, and is one of the biggest contributors to the Civil War.

Success

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This decision is seen by most as one of the key events leading up to the Civil War.

Failures

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Dred Scott v. Sanford had few positive outcomes, as in many ways it leads into the Civil War.


" ...[the] decision having just as much moral weight as would be in the judgement of a majority of those congregated in any Washington bar-room."
-New York Tribune

Consequences 

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What Consequences came from the Dred Scott Case ?


"highest judicial authority decided in accordance with the Constitution...we have a race of agitators in the country; their livelihood consists in agitating"
-Washington Daily Union


"...this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."
-Abraham Lincoln

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