The Dred Scott decision
A) struck down the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
B) asserted that Congress could prohibit slavery in any territory.
C) asserted that Congress could not ban slavery from any territory.
D) freed Dred Scott.

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The Dred Scott decision, delivered by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857, ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories, effectively stating that slaves were property and could not be taken away without due process.

The Dred Scott Decision