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Explaining the Effects of the Dred Scott Decision What were the results of the decision in the Dred Scott case? Check all that apply.

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-Congress was not allowed to ban slavery in the territories.

-African Americans were not allowed to become US citizens.

-Northerners feared that slavery would become legal across the nation.

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In simple words, Abolitionists were angered by the Dred Scott decision, which they considered as a method for the Supreme Court to put an end to discussion about enslavement in the colonies The split among the North and the South over slavery widened until southern states seceded from the Union as well as the Confederate Counties of America was formed.

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