The 14th Amendment to the Constitution directly addressed the Dred Scott decision by:
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Correct answer: Defining citizenship as born or naturalized in the U.S.
The 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause ('All persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States') was specifically written to overturn Taney’s ruling that African Americans could not be citizens.
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