_______ the descendants of Africans who were imported into this country, and sold as slaves... 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 passage above is from which of the following?

a. Marbury v. Madison
b. The liberty party platform
c. McCulloch v. Maryland
d. Dred Scott v. Sanford
e. The Freedmen's Bureau act of 1865


Answer: d. Dred Scott v. Sanford

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A) ?emancipation. B) ?that free territory should be given to settlers out west who developed the land. C) ?that Congress had the right to restrict slavery in the western territories. D) ?that Congress did not have the right to restrict slavery in the western territories. E) None of these are correct.

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