The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that the Missouri Compromise was invalid and that African Americans were not citizens. Therefore, the response that best summarizes the ruling is that the Missouri Compromise was invalid. Additionally, the Court stated that Dred Scott, as an enslaved person, could not sue for his freedom.
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott decision? (1 point) Responses that the Missouri Compromise was invalid that the Missouri Compromise was invalid that African Americans were citizens that African Americans were citizens that slavery was unconstitutional that slavery was unconstitutional that Dred Scott was a free man
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