Roger Taney's opinion for the majority of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case:
A) ended the national debate over the expansion of slavery.
B) vindicated the free soil position.
C) vindicated the Southern position.
D) overturned the Fugitive Slave Law.
Answer: C
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a. true b. false
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A) the upheaval and wars of the French Revolution. B) slower population growth. C) lack of overseas trade. D) a more prosperous peasantry. E) resistance from the government who favored land owners.