How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?
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The Dred Scott decision had united the North against the south and assisted Abraham Lincoln win the election in the year 1860
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- In 1857, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford trial, the Supreme Court ruled that Black people should never be U.S. residents.
- The decisions taken in the Dred Scott case further increased conflicts between North and South, which was a key issue in the race for a seat in the Illinois Senate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
- Though Douglas won the Senate race, the debates in Lincoln-Douglas placed Abraham Lincoln in the national spotlight and led to his candidature in 1860 as president, that he had won later.
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