The Dred Scott case decided that African Americans were not citizens of the United States. However, 18 years later they would have citizenship and many other rights. Students will examine the following documents to understand how and why so many social improvements were made in such a short period of time.

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dred scott

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Additional Tags

13th amendment, 14th amendment, 15th amendment, civil rights act of 1875, sumner civil rights bill, civil rights act, 1875, documents

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional