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title: "How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?"  
description: "How did the Dred Scott decision affect the election in 1860?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43152/how-did-the-dred-scott-decision-affect-the-election-in-1860  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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

How did the [Dred Scott decision](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40484/what-was-the-effect-of-the-dred-scott-decision) affect the [election](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1823/kenya-had-ordered-facebook-to-tackle-its-hate-speech) in 1860?\
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