Question

1. choose the best answer. how did the dred scott decision impact black inventors and innovators? the ruling that blacks were not citizens meant that they could not file for patents, as that was a privilege reserved for citizens. black inventors gained the right to file for patents. enslavers could claim patents for inventions of enslaved people but had to provide financial compensation. enslaved inventors were allowed to file patents if given permission by their slavers. 4) choose the best answer. why did the u.s. attorney general declare in 1858 that enslavers could not apply for a patent for an invention they did not create? a law passed that same year granted citizenship to all blacks. congress passed a law preventing the practice. the u.s. attorney general jeremiah s. black was an ardent supporter of abolition. the patent oath required people applying for the patent to state that they were in fact the creator.

Explanation:

For question 3, the Dred - Scott decision ruled that Blacks were not citizens, and since patent - filing was a privilege for citizens, Black inventors could not file for patents. For question 4, the patent oath required the applicant to be the actual creator, so enslavers could not apply for a patent for an invention they did not create.

Answer:

1. The ruling that Blacks were not citizens meant that they could not file for patents, as that was a privilege reserved for citizens.
2. The patent oath required people applying for the patent to state that they were in fact the creator.