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Which of the following was stated as part of the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling?
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Only Congress could decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Congress could not decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
Popular sovereignty was unconstitutional.
Slavery was unconstitutional.
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Congress could not decide whether to allow slavery in the territories.
(The Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled that Congress lacked the authority to prohibit slavery in the federal territories and also held that Black people could not be U.S. citizens.)
(The Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled that Congress lacked the authority to prohibit slavery in the federal territories and also held that Black people could not be U.S. citizens.)
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