How did the public generally react to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Scott v. Sandford?

The ruling denied that African Americans could be citizens and said Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories. Many white Southerners welcomed this because it protected the expansion of slavery, while many Northerners opposed it and feared slavery would spread. Therefore, the correct choice is “People in the South welcomed the decision, while people in the North feared it.”

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