<P> Although Taney hoped that his ruling would settle the slavery question , the decision immediately spurred vehement dissent from anti-slavery elements in the North , and proved to be an indirect catalyst for the American Civil War . It was functionally superseded by the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , adopted in 1868 , which gave African Americans full citizenship . </P>
<P> Although Taney hoped that his ruling would settle the slavery question , the decision immediately spurred vehement dissent from anti-slavery elements in the North , and proved to be an indirect catalyst for the American Civil War . It was functionally superseded by the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , adopted in 1868 , which gave African Americans full citizenship . </P>
why was the decision in the dred scott v. sandford ( 1857 ) supreme court case significant
why was the decision in the dred scott v. sandford ( 1857 ) supreme court case significant
the decision immediately spurred vehement dissent from anti-slavery elements in the North , and proved to be an indirect catalyst for the American Civil War
the decision immediately spurred vehement dissent from anti-slavery elements in the North , and proved to be an indirect catalyst for the American Civil War