In the Dred Scott Decision (1857), the Supreme Court Declared

question 34

Multiple Choice

In the Dred Scott decision (1857) , the Supreme Court declared that

• A) Congress could not admit a free state without simultaneously admitting a slave state.
• B) slavery was not legal in the western territories.
• C) fugitive slaves were not legally protected from bounty hunters.
• D) Congress could not prohibit slavery in the western territories.

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