Which best describes the status of slavery during the time of the Dred Scott case?

Slavery was a major source of conflict between the North and South when the Dred Scott case reached the Supreme Court in 1857. The case raised the question of whether Congress could restrict slavery in U.S. territories, intensifying sectional tensions. Choice C, “Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South,” best describes the situation.

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