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1. In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided

A. the Missouri Compromise was illegal because it was illegal for Congress to deprive a slave owner of property (slaves) without the due process of law.
B. the Missouri Compromise was illegal because it was illegal for Congress to deprive a slave of his or her freedom if they lived in the South.
C. the Missouri Compromise was illegal because it freed slaves in the slave states.
D. the Compromise of 1850 was illegal because it was illegal for Congress to deprive a slave owner of property (slaves) without the due process of law.

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the answer would be B
User Hesky
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Correct answer choice is :


C) The Missouri Compromise was illegal because it freed slaves in the slave states.


Step-by-step explanation:


In 1834, Dred Scott, a slave, had been brought to Illinois, a free state, and then Wisconsin territory, where the Missouri Compromise of 1820 forbidden slavery. Scott lived in Wisconsin with his teacher, Dr. John Emerson, for many years before returning to Missouri, a slave state. In 1846, after Emerson died, Scott claimed his master’s widow for his liberty on the grounds that he had lived as a citizen of a free state and nation.


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