Dred Scott

Today in class we reviewed the Kansas-Nebraska Act by looking at the first half of the Crash Course on the Election of 1860. We then took a closer look at the Dred Scott decision that students prepared for class today, first by tracing the progression of the case in the courts and then by taking a closer look at the Supreme Court's Majority Decision, identifying the questions being asked, the holdings, and then looking carefully at the reasoning.