When we consider the sectional differences that were present in the united states before the civil war, which is correct? : 1) neither the legislative nor the judicial branch were involved in trying to settle the controversy over slavery. 2) the congress tried to deal with the issues through compromise. 3) president lincoln's election was seen as a triumph of virtue by the south. 4) the supreme court's ruling in the dred scott case illustrates the problem of virtue because the north obeyed it explicitly.?