What was one result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)?
a. The slave trade was abolished.
b. Northern states were more willing to compromise.
c. Sectional tension increased.
d. Southern states immediately seceded from the Union.
The Dred Scottt case increased sectional tension because he attempted to sue for citizenship, and the decision was that black men could not and would not ever be granted citizenship
