Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?(1 point) Responses It was a victory for slavery advocates in the South and invalidated the Missouri Compromise. It was a victory for slavery advocates in the South and invalidated the Missouri Compromise. It allowed abolitionists the opportunity to establish an antislavery platform as law. It allowed abolitionists the opportunity to establish an antislavery platform as law. It opened the door for the South to question other laws passed by Congress. It opened the door for the South to question other laws passed by Congress. It further intensified the struggles in the West over allowing free African Americans to settle there.

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It was a victory for slavery advocates in the South and invalidated the Missouri Compromise.