The Dred Sccott Decision Vocabulary

Made illegal, to command not to do something

• banned

• enslaved

• justice

• anti-slavery

to make a slave of

• anti-slavery

• property

• enslaved

• secession

a judge in a court of law

• banned

• justice

• proslavery

• segregation

The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent

• banned

• justice

• secession

• anti-slavery

opposed or against slavery

• proslavery

• secession

• property

• anti-slavery

favor or for slavery

• anti-slavery

• segregation

• justice

• proslavery

something that is owned by a person

• property

• antislavery

• secession

• segregation

to separate groups of people because of their particular race, religion, and other reasons

• property

• enslaved

• segregation

• justice

Finally, they _________________ , or got rid of, slavery.

• anitislavery

• banned

• secession

African Americans were _______________ by white settlers.

• enslaved

• justice

• property