How did the Dred Scott decision affect the 1860 Presidential Election?
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Correct answer: It made slavery's expansion the central campaign issue for Republicans
The decision radicalized the Republican base and forced the nation to confront the fact that compromise was no longer possible. The election became a referendum on whether the federal government should be led by those who accepted or opposed the Court's vision of slavery.
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