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Why was the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford significant?

A) It caused the South to secede.
B) It stopped all slave trading.
C) It allowed slavery to exist in territories where the Missouri
Compromise previously prohibited it.
D)It stated that only Congress could decide the legality of slavery.

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User Corno
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Answer:

d.

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User Zarenor
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Answer:

Congress had no power to ban slavery in any territory

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