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. Disputes over whether slavery could spread into new territories and the meaning of the Missouri Compromise heightened sectional tensions. The best choice is “Slavery was creating tension between the North and the South.”

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