Question

What is the significance of Dred Scott v. Sandford?

My answer: Dred Scott v. Sandford is significant because it effectively ended the Missouri Compromise, hardening the political rivalry between the North and the South?
Ms. Sue
It had more significance than that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford

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