Question

  

Multiple Select Question

Synthesize the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

(Choose 2)

A. 

Slavery is unconstitutional.

B. 

Black American residents are not citizens.

C. 

Black American residents of free states are free.

D. 

Outlawing slavery in a territory is unconstitutional.

E. 

The national government can prohibit the expansion of slavery in new territories.

Answer 1

The correct choices that synthesize the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford are:

**B. Black American residents are not citizens.**

**D. Outlawing slavery in a territory is unconstitutional.**

The decision established that Black Americans could not be considered citizens and that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in U.S. territories.