Read the passage from the opinion of the court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, written by Justice Taney.

Upon the whole, therefore, it is the judgment of this court, that it appears by the record before us that the plaintiff in error is not a citizen of Missouri, in the sense in which that word is used in the Constitution; and that the Circuit Court of the United States, for that reason, had no jurisdiction in the case, and could give no judgment in it. Its judgment for the defendant must, consequently, be reversed, and a mandate issued, directing the suit to be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

Which statement most accurately states the claim in this passage?

Citizens of Missouri cannot sue in a court of the United States.
Dred Scott cannot sue in court because he is not a citizen.
Sanford should not have won the previous case in circuit court.
The Constitution’s definition of citizenship does not include Missouri.

Dred Scott attempted to sue his master for his freedom because he had taken him across state lines from a slave state to a free state. However, the Supreme Court decided that since Scott was an African American he was not a citizen, and only citizens of the US have the right to litigation. Therefore, Scott should not have sued in the first place.

A is incorrect because the passage states that "...the plaintiff in error is not a citizen of Missouri..." meaning that citizens of Missouri could sue, but Scott was not considered one.

C is incorrect because Sanford did not win the case in previous circuit courts.

D is incorrect because the passage states that the plaintiff does not fit the Constitution's definition of citizenship, not the state of Missouri.

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ankitanand13 ankitanand13 · Answer 2 · 2021-11-19T14:36:28+01:00

Dred Scott v. Sanford, in U.S was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, The decision was made in the case of Dred Scott, an enslaved black man whose owners had taken him from Missouri, a slave-holding state, into Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal.

The most accurately states is Sanford should not have won the previous case in circuit court. the Court ruled that people of African descent are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word citizens in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.

The Supreme Court's decision has been widely denounced ever since, both for how overtly racist the decision was and its crucial role in the near destruction of the United States four years late

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