April 17-20, 2015

Learning Target:
I can explain the early explorations of the New World
I can describe what life was like for the colonies
I can demonstrate my ability to remember AP US History topics by working on my review packet

Daily Question:
"And upon a full and careful consideration of the subject... Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States and not entitled as such to sue in its courts...."
"Upon these considerations it is the opinion of the Court that the act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned is not warranted by the Constitution and is therefore void..."
"That it is now firmly settled by the decisions of the highest court in the state that Scott and his family, upon their return, were not free, but were, by the laws of Missouri, the property of the defendant; and that the Circuit Court of the United States has no jurisdiction when by the laws of the state, the plaintiff was a slave and not a citizen"
- Roger B. Taney, Dred Scott V. Sandford, 1857

Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision because:

A. The Court included no Republican Justices

B. The decision allowed slavery in the territories

C. Several justices were slave owners

D. Black and whites were not treated equally

Agenda:

Daily Question

Review Lessons on Period 1&2
Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTYOQ05oDOI
Quiz on first 3 pages of packet

If time work on Review Packet

***Chapter 38-40 Corrections Due Today