True or False: The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision angered Northerners because it meant African Americans could not find freedom anywhere in the U.S.(1 point)

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True. The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision of 1857 ruled that African Americans could not be considered citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. This effectively meant that enslaved people had no legal path to freedom, which angered many Northerners who were opposed to the expansion of slavery and sought to undermine the institution.