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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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It said that slavery would become legal everywhere
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