How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectional tension?
A) It lent credence to the belief in the North that a slave power conspiracy existed.
B) It indicated that the issue of slavery could be determined in any territory long before the moment of statehood.
C) It strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its northern and southern branches.
D) It precipitated the resignation of Supreme Court justices from the North.
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