The 1857 Dred Scott Decision Had Which of the Following

Multiple Choice

The 1857 Dred Scott decision had which of the following consequences?

A) It deprived the Republicans of their political platform by prohibiting slavery in any new territories.
B) The decision persuaded many Republicans that the Supreme Court and President Buchanan were part of the "slave power" conspiracy.
C) Chief Justice Roger Taney's influential majority opinion effectively smoothed over sectional tensions for two years.
D) The decision's nullification of the Northwest Ordinance persuaded Stephen A.Douglas to disavow the popular sovereignty doctrine.