The main point of this excerpt is that African-Americans were not considered US citizens.
In the Supreme Court case Dred Scott vs. Sandford, Scott is suing for his freedom from slavery. This is because his master brought him to the Wisconsin territory, a territory where slavery was outlawed.
However, the Supreme Court ruled against him. The reason why they ruled against him is based on the excerpt above. The Declaration of Independence did not make it blatantly clear that slaves were considered citizens. Since they were not considered citizens, they had no legal rights that slave owners had to respect.
The answer should be C- Everyone that works in the U.S government.
Answer:
The Manhattan project
Explanation:
The Manhattan project was a secret project that's developed by United States in 1942. The main goal of this project was to create the first weapon of mass destruction that utilize nuclear energy.
Initially, USA tried to keep this a secret from the Soviet Union.
But the project was leaked to the Soviet Union by Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were recruited as Soviet's spy. Ethel's brother David Greenglass worked in Manhattan project and supplied Julius with the information.
