JOHN DOE FOR PRESIDENT

Sponsors:Kyler BashMeredith ColemanMia Aeschliman

John Doe: Candidate For This 1860’s Election

Age: 54

Party: Republican

 

Qualifications:

• A strong leader, and won’t be overly influenced by

poor sources.

• Courage to stand up for his beliefs and not be

overcome by others.

• Leadership experience as a general in the US Army

and successfully led many of his men to victory.

• Known as “The Great Communicator” of the century.

John Doe is the perfect candidate for this

1860’s election.

He is confident in a crisis and has the skills to back it

up.

Known as the “Great Communicator,” he can make

fierce opponents see eye-to-eye.

His background enables him to view any situation from

multiple angles.

His skills would have prevented regional conflicts

involving the Dred Scott Decision.

As a representative from North Carolina, he

possesses an advantage over many of the other

candidates. He’s a southerner; and as a

southerner, he understands what the South

wants and needs. But, as a Republican, he also

understands the northern perspective. He

opposes slavery and also doesn’t own any

slaves; however, he supports state’s rights

which are what the South needs. He can see the

situation from both viewpoints, which makes

him a well-rounded candidate.

Well Rounded Candidate

Dred Scott was a slave who sought his freedom through the

American legal system. The 1857 decision by the US

Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case denied his plea,

stating Scott had no right to sue in federal courts because no

black was, or ever could be, a citizen.

The Court then deemed the Missouri Compromise

unconstitutional, because it would be illegally seizing Scott’s

owner of his personal property. This is because the

compromise forbade slavery in northern territory, when a

slave is just “personal property,” and can be taken anywhere.

Dred Scott v. Sanford

“No rights to which the

white man was bound to

respect” -Taney

Northern Reactions

To Northerners, this decision

was like a declaration of war

on all of the ideals and

freedoms awarded them by

their states and territories,

which stood opposed to the

institution of slavery.

believed it to be a political

and moral issue

Universally praised and seen

as the ultimate vindication of

their practice of slavery.

Southerners assumed the

Supreme Court decision had

solved the slavery question

and there would no longer be

any reason for sectional

tension between the North

and South.

Dred Scott ReactionsSouthern Reactions

Dred Scott v. Sandford…. Clerical Error.

Supposed to be Dred Scott v. Sanford