Question

What did this mean for Black people who had been enslaved?


1 It meant that they were going to be enslaved again.


2 It meant that they were going to be considered American citizens.


3 It meant that they didn’t have the protection of American laws.

Answer 1

3. The Dred Scott decision held that Black people — enslaved or free — were not U.S. citizens and therefore did not have the protections of American law or the Constitution.