What were the two main implications of the Dred Scott decision?

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Firstly, the Dred Scott Decision implicated that African-Americans could never become US citizens, and thus couldn't sue in federal court. Secondly, the decision implicated that the federal government had no power to prohibit slavery in its territories.

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