What was one major reason the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision proved significant?
A) It granted Dred Scott and many former enslaved African Americans freedom.
B) The Republicans applauded it during campaigns as an example of justice.
C) It implied that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional.
D) It guaranteed the future admission of slave states.
E) It recognized that free blacks were U.S. citizens.
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