The Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision in effect ruled A) slavery was a nationwide institution and could only be prohibited by the states. B) slavery could be abolished with due process and just compensation. C) popular sovereignty could resolve the question of slavery in the western territories. D) the Missouri Compromise was constitutional Most of the upper South joined the Confederacy A) after Lincoln ordered the seizure of Fort Sumter. B) when the Crittenden Compromise failed. C) when Lincoln called up troops to quell the civil uprising. D) after Great Britain agreed to recognize the Confederate government. Within the Confederacy, strong pro-Union sympathies could be found among all of the following groups or areas EXCEPT A) the commercial class of St. Louis, Missouri. B) sugar planters in Louisiana. C) yeoman farmers in the upcountry. D) people in the hill country of Tennessee. The Confederacy financed its war effort with all the following means EXCEPT: A) printing vast quantities of largely worthless money. B) selling $400 million worth of bonds. C) borrowing heavily from Great Britain and France. D) raising taxes and placing a 10 percent levy on farm produce.