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KEY CONCEPT 5.2 I
C. Arguments used to defend slavery:
Racial Doctrine: African Americans, like Native
Americans, were seen as savages
States Rights:
States could create laws to
determine whats in their own best
Interest
Slavery was a Positive Good
Constitution Believed slavery protected states rights and slavery
(slaves were deemed as property in Dred Scott,
property cant be taken away)
Allowed for
popular sovereignty
in KS and NB expectation was KS
would be slave, NB
would be free
Overturned the MO
Compromise
TEST TIPS
Essay Topics:
Government actions that sought to settle the issue of
slavery