Dred Scott

Flipped Learning: Due Today

Topic: Dred Scott EXPLAIN EVALUATE KNOW The outcome of Dred Scott vs. Sandford EXPLAIN Reactions to the Dred Scott Case EVALUATE The significance of the Dred Scott case

Competition time! Who can remember the most about the United States Supreme Court. You have 2 minutes to brainstorm as much as you can remember… GO! KNOW The outcome of Dred Scott vs. Sandford ANALYSE Reactions to the Dred Scott case EVALUATE The significance of the Dred Scott case

Favour of Dred Scott being free Against Dred Scott being free What would you do?! You will now be given a pack with 3 documents: The background of the case How the case reached the Supreme Court What you need to consider TASK: Complete the table by finding argument in favour of Dred Scott, and arguments against Dred Scott. Favour of Dred Scott being free Against Dred Scott being free KNOW The outcome of Dred Scott vs. Sandford ANALYSE Reactions to the Dred Scott case EVALUATE The significance of the Dred Scott case

Consequences of Dred Scott Using your ‘Impact of the Dred Scott case’ handout, come to a decision on the following question. How significant was the Dred Scott decision in the destabilisation of relations between the North and the South? KNOW The outcome of Dred Scott vs. Sandford ANALYSE Reactions to the Dred Scott case EVALUATE The significance of the Dred Scott case

Summary Dred Scott was a slave who had accompanied his owner first to Illinois, then to Wisconsin territory, before returning to Missouri In the 1840’s, with the help of anti-slavery lawyers, Scott went before the Missouri courts on the grounds that he had resided in a free state and in a free territory The Dred Scott case was long and eventually reached the Supreme Court – by March 1857 the court was ready to give judgement Buchanan referred to the case in his inaugural address. He said he was ready to ‘cheerfully submit’ to its verdict and urged all good citizens to do the same The court decided the following: - Black Americans, whether slave or free, did not have the same rights as white citizens Scott’s stay in Wisconsin made no difference. US citizens had the right to take their ‘property’ into territories – deeming the Missouri Compromise of 1820 illegal

Consequences (Brief) Northerners were horrified. Here was further proof that Buchanan, the Supreme Court and the Democrat Party were involved in a Slave Power Conspiracy Republicans claimed that a whispered conversation between Taney (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) and Buchanan on inauguration day proved that the President had been aware of the court’s decision when he asked Americans to accept it Northern press launched a fierce onslaught on the Supreme Court Many northerners saw it as an attempt to undermine the Republican Party, which was committed to slavery’s exclusion from the territories and the concept of popular sovereignty – that territorial legislatures could prohibit slavery if they chose Northern democrats such as Douglas were in a difficult position - Split Democrats (Freeport Doctrine – Attempt to get around Supreme Courts decision - Failing to provide for police enforcement of the rights of slave owners to their slaves) The Dred Scott decision was a landmark case in that it drew a clear line of how the government stood on the issue of slavery, and further inflamed passions surrounding an already divisive topic within American politics Was seen as an offense to the principles of liberty on which the nation was founded and a victory for slave states over free states

With reference to this sources and your understanding of the historical context, is this source valuable to a historian studying the reaction to the Dred Scott decision? Adapted from an article in the newspaper, the Charleston Mercury (South Carolina), entitled ‘The Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case, and its Tremendous Consequences’, March 16th 1857 The Dred Scott decision, in a political party view, is the judgement that Congress has no power and can delegate no power over the question of slavery in the Territories. This decision, at a single blow, smashes the anti-slavery platform of the late great Northern Republican Party into atoms. The policy of legislating slavery out of Kansas and the other Territories of the Union by Congress will no longer avail them. Congress has no power in the Territories. That is settled. What was in doubt is in doubt no longer. The supreme law is expounded by the supreme authority and disobedience is rebellion, treason and revolution. The Republican Party henceforth must choose between submission and revolution – loyalty and treason. KNOW The outcome of Dred Scott vs. Sandford ANALYSE Reactions to the Dred Scott case EVALUATE The significance of the Dred Scott case

With reference to this sources and your understanding of the historical context, is this source to a historian studying the reaction to the Dred Scott decision? TASK: Using the scaffold provided, you are going to plan an answer to a source question KNOW The outcome of Dred Scott vs. Sandford ANALYSE Reactions to the Dred Scott case EVALUATE The significance of the Dred Scott case

Rise of the Republicans Please get out your A3 sheet from last lesson and a green pen. I am going to go through each event, and finish with the Lincoln-Douglas debates. KNOW The different reasons that explain the rise of the Republicans EXPLAIN Why each reason explains the rise of the Republicans EVALUATE Which reason is the most important reason for the rise of the Republicans

Assess the validity of this view “The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the most important reason in explaining the rise of the Republican Party” Assess the validity of this view KNOW The different reasons that explain the rise of the Republicans EXPLAIN Why each reason explains the rise of the Republicans EVALUATE Which reason is the most important reason for the rise of the Republicans

5 marks for each paragraph – mark out of 15 Peer marking … 5 marks intro 5 marks for each paragraph – mark out of 15 Introduction Main Body Conclusion Are my definitions specific?   Is my criteria broad enough for different paragraphs to be analysed in relation to it? (Your criteria should help structure your essay but leave enough room for debate!) Is my judgement clear? Does the first sentence of my paragraph explain what the paragraph is about, in a way which related to my judgement? Is my evidence specific? Do I explain how the evidence relates to the criteria? Do I make clear how the paragraph links to the question? Does my conclusion make my judgement absolutely clear – with no hesitation? Does my conclusion draw together what I have talked about to prove why my judgement is correct (considering the for and against points) To be reaching higher marks you must show good understanding of key factors and concepts, focus on the question throughout, support arguments using evidence throughout and reach a clear judgement

Flipped Learning PROBLEMS IN KANSAS (+ Lecompton Constitution) DRED SCOTT (+Northern reaction) DOUGLAS VS. BUCHANAN HARPERS FERRY BUCHANAN’S PRESIDENCY PANIC OF 1857 1858 MID-TERMS (Lincoln) (Lincoln-Douglas Debates) (Illinois Result) TASK: Using pp.75-81 elaborate on the diagram above by noting down key detail about each event (including the subheadings)