What was the main issue of the "petticoat affair"?
jackson began to rely on unofficial advisors more than those
in his appointed cabinet.
jackson refused to allow second lady floride calhoun to
attend white house balls.
secretary of the treasury samuel ingham sought to make a
profit selling petticoats.
the wives of jackson's cabinet refused to socialize with
secretary of war john eaton's wife.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865