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Why were Northerners upset about the Dred Scott decision?

It upheld the Missouri Compromise.
It said that slavery could become legal everywhere.
It stated that only Congress could ban slavery.
It reinforced the Fugitive Slave Act.

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North- people were stunned and outraged by the Court's ruling.
South- slaveholders hoped that, at last, the issue of slavery was settled. In those favor.Lincoln-Douglas debates
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The Dred Scott decision was a ruling by the US Supreme Court that enslaved people could not be American citizens and therefore could not sue in Federal Court. Dred Scott was a slave who wanted to sue for his freedom. It was denied by the Supreme Court.

Question: Why were Northerners upset about the Dred Scott decision?

Answer: It reinforced the Fugitive Slave Act.


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