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Question
After the Dred Scott decision, Frederick Douglass said he sought to have Americans live up to the principles of the Constitution. What did he believe prevented Americans from living up to the Constitution?(1 point)
Responses

manifest destiny
manifest destiny

slavery
slavery

popular sovereignty
popular sovereignty

abolition

1 answer

Frederick Douglass believed that slavery prevented Americans from living up to the principles of the Constitution.