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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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Answer: C: It stated that only Congress could ban slavery.

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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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