As a Result of the Dred Scott Decision

question 110

Multiple Choice

As a result of the Dred Scott decision,

• A) President Buchanan called publicly for the impeachment of Chief Justice Roger Taney.
• B) the presence of an aggressive Slave Power was confirmed in the minds of many northerners.
• C) several southern states threatened to secede from the Union.
• D) most white northerners favored a constitutional amendment extending equal rights to African Americans.

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