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Course: Constitution 101 Sandbox > Unit 5
Lesson 3: 7.3: The Road to the Civil War- How did the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act reshape the debates over slavery?
- What were the final events that led to Southern secession and the Civil War?
- The Dred Scott Decision Featuring Justice Neil M. Gorsuch
- Primary Source: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
- How did Abraham Lincoln root his anti-slavery politics in America’s founding?
- Was Southern secession unconstitutional?
- Primary Source: A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union (1861)
- Primary Source: Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address and Message to the Special Session of the 37th Congress (1861)
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The Dred Scott Decision Featuring Justice Neil M. Gorsuch
Google ClassroomIn this video lesson, explore the landmark Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch also joins to discuss how the Dred Scott decision was an example of judicial overreach.
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