Question

In its ruling on the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that Congress could not ban slavery in...

A.free states.
B.slave states.
C.territories.
D.free republics.
*The answer must have a legit reason

Answer 1

B, because back than there was an equal amount of slave states and free states. they banned slavery only in the free states because it was not allowed , they kept it in the slave states , kept it as in kept slaves in slave states.This made a lot of people who wanted to ban slavery mad.

Answer 2

They could not ban slavery in slavery in any of the slave states. After this ruling, slave states have celebrated and labeled the constitution as a pro-slavery document. This also angered abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery