Multiple Choice
In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court
A) freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise.
B) denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories.
C) essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
D) tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds.
E) issued a broad judicial decision ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories.
Correct Answer:
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