JOHN DOE

FOR PRESIDENT

Sponsors:
Kyler Bash
Meredith Coleman
Mia Aeschliman

John Doe: Candidate For This 1860s Election

Age: 54
Party: Republican

Qualifications:
A strong leader, and wont 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

1860s 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.

Well Rounded Candidate

As a representative from North Carolina, he

possesses an advantage over many of the other

candidates. Hes 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 doesnt own any
slaves; however, he supports states rights which
are what the South needs. He can see the

Dred Scott v. Sanford

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.

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The Court then deemed the Missouri Compromise

unconstitutional, because it would be illegally seizing Scotts

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 Reactions

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,

Southern Reactions
Universally praised and seen as

the ultimate vindication of their

practice of slavery.
Southerners assumed the

which stood opposed to the

Supreme Court decision had

institution of slavery.

solved the slavery question and

believed it to be a political

and moral issue

there would no longer be any

reason for sectional tension
between the North and South.

Dred Scott v. Sandford.

Clerical Error.
Supposed to be Dred Scott v. Sanford