1. Peyton Waters and John McArthur 2A DRED SCOTT V. SANDFORD(1857)

2. PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT Plaintiff- Dred Scott Defendant- Sandford

3. FACTS Controversy began in 1833. A surgeon purchased a slave and moved him to the Wisconsin Territory. Slavery was banned in this area due to the Missouri Compromise.

4. JURISDICTION The Supreme court had jurisdiction. African Americans could not sue in a federal court because they were not citizens of the United States.

5. APPEALED? This case appealed to the Supreme Court because Dred Scott could not sue in federal court because of his citizenship but he could in a Supreme Court.

6. RULING 7 votes for Sandford; in favor 2 votes for Dred Scott Dred Scott lost because he was not a US citizen so he couldn’t take his case to a federal court, so he remained a slave. Although Dred Scott became free once entering Illinois and Wisconsin, depriving someone without compensation for taking his property violated the 5 th amendment, which proves that Dred Scott is still a slave.

7. LANDMARK COURT CASE It was a landmark court case. The case couldn’t be viewed in the federal court. Dred Scott tried to get it appealed in the Supreme Court.

8. IMPACT This case drew a clear line of how the government stood on the issue of slavery, and further inflamed passions surrounding an already divisive topic with American Politics.

9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Argument of the case: Dred Scott became free once entering Illinois and Wisconsin, depriving someone without compensation for taking his property violated the 5 th amendment, which proves that Dred Scott is still a slave. The Supreme Court, in an infamous opinion written by Chief Taney, ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to take Scott's case because Scott was, or at least had been, a slave.

10. OVERVIEW OF THE CASE Dred Scott was purchased by Sandford as a slave outside of the United States, making him not a US citizen. When he was brought into the Wisconsin Territory it was made clear that slavery was banned, so he tried to sue Sandford. Being that you can’t sue in a federal court system, his case was overlooked, giving Sandford the votes.