In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court concluded that C. Neither free nor enslaved African Americans could become US citizens. The Court ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. This decision was a significant factor in heightening tensions leading up to the Civil War and was later effectively overturned by the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
The Supreme Court's 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was one of its most unpopular. Just eleven years after it was issued, the decision was effectively overturned by the Fourteenth Amendment. What did the Court conclude in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford?
A.
Slavery could not be abolished by amending the US Constitution.
B.
Children of freed slaves were the property of the original slaveholder.
C.
Neither free nor enslaved African Americans could become US citizens.
D.
Slaves could only buy their freedom with money they earned themselves.
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