EDST 391-083
Color-Blind Nation: Worthy or Worthless
Ideal?
Name:
Date:
"Daily Assignment"
P/F Writing Assignment for Day 6
Readings:- Billingham and Hicks ("Missouri Compromise and
Kansas Nebraska Act") {ER}
- Taney ("Dred Scott v. Sandford"){ER}
- Lincoln ("The Declaration of Independance includes all men")
{ER}
- Douglas (regarding Lincoln-Douglas debates on slavery)
{website}
Note. You will understand the Taney and Lincoln readings
better if you read the two short descriptions I have provided you of the
"Missouri Compromise" and the "Kansas-Nebraska Act."
- What was Justice Taney's argument supporting the Supreme
Court's
Dred Scott decision (what were the key elements of his argument)?
- What was Lincoln's argument in disputing that decision?