"[Negroes] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect." — Chief Justice Roger Taney, Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857
Holding 3 in the figure most directly invalidated which earlier political solution to the slavery question?
- A
Presidential authority to issue proclamations on slavery
- Bcheck_circle
Congressional power to restrict slavery in the territories, as in the Missouri Compromise
- C
State power to abolish slavery within their borders
- D
Local jury rights in fugitive-slave cases
Explanation
Taney declared that Congress lacked the authority to ban slavery in any federal territory, voiding the Missouri Compromise's restriction and undermining Republican Party platforms.