In 1857, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Dred Scott v Sandford that essentially mandated that slavery be allowed everywhere in the United States. Abraham Lincoln rode the resulting backlash all the way to the White House.

22 - Dred Scott and Lincoln's Election

Join me, an 8th grade American history teacher, on this podcast as I discuss what we are learning about from week to week, why it mattered then, and why it still matters today.

Music: Vlad Gluschenko — Drop of Ocean
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

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Join me, an 8th grade American history teacher, on this podcast as I discuss what we are learning about from week to week, why it mattered then, and why it still matters today. Music: Vlad Gluschenko — Drop of Ocean License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

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22 - Dred Scott and Lincoln's Election

22 - Dred Scott and Lincoln's Election