Which one of the following is not true of the dred scott decision? slaves are not free because they are property of their master. property cannot be denied an owner without due process of law. slavery was abolished in the united states.

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: