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Why was the Dred Scott case (1857) significant?(1 point)
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It ruled that enslaved people were citizens.
It ruled that enslaved people were citizens.

It supported the idea that Congress could ban slavery.
It supported the idea that Congress could ban slavery.

It ruled that enslaved people were property with no rights.
It ruled that enslaved people were property with no rights.

It freed all enslaved people in border states.

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It ruled that enslaved people were property with no rights.

(Decision also held that Black people were not U.S. citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.)