How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?

It gave rise to the Know-Nothing Party, which won the election. It gave rise to the Free Soil Party, which won the election. It strengthened the Democratic Party, which won the election. It strengthened the Republican Party, which won the election. read more

The Dred Scott decision basically said that slavery would be legal in all states of the Union. Living in a free state did not make a slave free. A Slave owner could bring his slaves with him into a free state that had voted to outlaw slavery. read more

People in the South welcomed the decision, while people in the North feared it. In the Scott v. read more