The correct answer is D) They are no citizens and they have no right to petition in Court.
<em>What the Court said concerning the status of free blacks living in the United States is that “they are no citizens and they have no right to petition in Court.”
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In the Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sanford of March 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that Scott was not entitled to his freedom. Scott had lived in a state that supported slavery but he was sold to an owner that lived in a non-slavery state. The Court decision was that African Americans were not citizens of the United States.
<span>1. Which of the following does not describe the slave trade as it existed in Africa by 1700?
</span><span>D. Slaves were treated humanely on the sea journey to the Americas to make sure the maximum number survived.
</span><span>2. Which of the following does not describe the results of the slave trade in the Americas?
</span><span>C. In North America, life expectancy for slaves was longer than elsewhere in the Americas.
</span><span>3. Mark if the following is an example of work slaves did in the Americas.
</span>D. The invention of the cotton gin made cotton farming profitable and increased the demand for slaves.
I believe the answer is C: the United States and the Soviet Union formed a new alliance.
Buying the Louisiana Purchase for $15 million
A. Shortage of available jobs
