On matters related to citizenship, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:
a. free African-Americans could vote.
b. anyone that a state considered to be a citizen was a U.S. citizen.
c. free-born blacks were U.S. citizens, but those born into slavery and later freed could not be citizens.
d. citizenship was limited to males.
e. only white persons could be U.S. citizens.
Answer: e. only white persons could be U.S. citizens.
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