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On March 6, 1857, Dred Scott's eleven-year struggle for freedom had finally come to an end. The Supreme Court of the United States rendered its decision, ruling that Dred Scott was still a slave. Evenmore controversially, the Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional; that all blacks, free or enslaved, could never be United States citizens, and that Congress did not have the right to decide the slavery question in the territories. This loaded decision, which was supposed to solve the slavery question once and for all and more importantly mitigate the nation's growing sectional crisis, ended up creating more tension in the country between the North and South. The reaction to the decision varied by region and political party, with it being criticized by northerners and Republicans, and praised by southerners and Democrats. The nation's intense reaction to the Dred Scott decision not only had an effect on politics in the late 1850s, butwould also serve as one of several precipitates for the ultimate breakdown in American politics, the southern secession and Civil War.
Use the quote below to answer the question: Why did the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision anger Northerners?
Frederick Douglass, Collected Speeches, 1857
"This infamous decision maintains that slaves...are property in the same sense that horses, sheep and swine are property...that [people] of African descent are not and cannot be citizens of the United States.
All I ask of the American people is that they live up to the Constitution, adopt its principles, [take in] its spirit, and enforce its provisions. When this is done...liberty..will become the inheritance of all the inhabitants of this highly favored country."
1.It sought to continue the Missouri Compromise answer to slavery.
2.It stated that Northerners must permit slavery in the Northern states.
3.It stated Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery in any territory.
4.It created popular sovereignty as the rule for all territories.
my answer is 2
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