Question

Which statement does not summarize the U.S. Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857?

Regardless if a man was free or a slave prior to the Civil War, he was not considered a U.S. citizen and therefore lacked any rights.

Congress could clarify who were citizens in the U.S. but could not ban slavery in territories because it was a state's right.

Since slaves were not citizens but instead were the "property" of the slave owners, Congress was rendered helpless in seizing their property.

If an enslaved man was once living in a pro-slavery state then moved to a free territory, he would be able to gain his freedom and obtain rights based on the Fifth Amendment.

Answer 1

The fourth statement. Dred Scott held that moving to a free territory did NOT make an enslaved person free; the Court also ruled African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories (the decision protected slaveowners' property under the Fifth Amendment).