Question

What is Taney's claim in this passage?
that African American people were covered by the
Constitution's definition of citizen
that emancipated African American people had rights
guaranteed by the government
that African American people were not part of the group
considered citizens by the Constitution
that African American people would have to get the
government's permission to be citizens

Answer 1

Answer:

C). That African American people were not part of the group  considered citizens by the Constitution.

Explanation:

The key claim that Justice Taney makes in this passage is that 'constitution failed to recognize the African American People as the citizens and they are rather being 'subjugated by the dominant race.' Despite the liberation from the racist activities, they still 'remained subject to their authority' constitutionally and thereby, unable to enjoy the rights and privileges like other citizens of the United States. Thus, option C is the correct answer.

Answer 2

The claimn that Taney was making in this passage was that African American people were not part of the groupv considered citizens by the Constitution.

Why did Taney not consider the African Americans US citizens?

This was due to the fact that they saw the Blacks as an inferior race. They saw the blacks as people that did not deserve rights in the US.

From their viewpoint the citizens where the whites and the blacks had to serve them.

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