The Dredd Scott Case and Election of 1860.

The Dred Scott Decision was in 1857. It was when Dredd Scott, a slave, lived in free states more than two years and still was not being admitted as a free black man. He sued the Supreme Court for his freedom, but the Supreme Court ruled that he was not a United States citizen. With that being said he could not sue anyone at all in the Supreme Court. The election of 1860 was obviously in 1849… just kidding it was in 1860 as you see in the name. This is election is by far one of the most important events of the Civil War. This election was the first time Abraham Lincoln was put in office. He was a republican from Illinois. After the election, South Carolina seceded from the union and Georgia seceded on January 19, 1861.