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18. In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Courta. hoped to stimulate further debate on the slavery issue.b. held that slave owners could not take slaves into free territories.c. supported the concept of popular sovereignty.d. reunited the Democratic party.e. expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories.
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