Dred Scott sued for his freedom because he visited land that was free. The court said: 1. Dred Scott couldn’t sue because he was not a citizen but rather property. 2. Congress has no right to take away someone’s property. 3. Congress can’t prohibit slavery in any new territory since it wasn’t illegal in the U.S.

The court decision helped expand slavery. 1. Missouri Compromise of 1820 is ruled unconstitutional. 2. Opened up territory previously determined as free for possibility of slavery. 3. It upset the abolitionists and encouraged further support for the cause.

This court case established that slavery couldn't be prohibited because slaves were property and not citizens.

This political agreement that eased sectional tensions was ruled unconstitutional by the Dred Scott case.

This legislation allowed people to use popular sovereignty to decide if a western territory would be free or slave.

Which act allowed slave catchers to retrieve escaped slaves living in the North?

Which act replaced the Missouri Compromise?

_______ This legislation stated that territory above 36°30’ line would be free and below slave territory.

_______ This compromise led to the admission of California as a free state & the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.