What was the legal status of the 'Slave Power' conspiracy theory after the Dred Scott ruling?
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Correct answer: It was strengthened among Northerners who saw the Court as biased
Many Northerners viewed the decision as definitive proof of a 'Slave Power' conspiracy—the idea that Southern slaveholders had seized control of the federal government, including the judiciary, to nationalize slavery.
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