The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 for all of the following reasons, except A. to provide access to the Atlantic Ocean
B. to develop land for the growing American population
c. to strengthen economic prosperity
D. to provide territory for relocating American Indian tribes

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865