Read this excerpt from paragraph 10 of “letter from a birmingham jail" and answer the question.

The fact that were was no national military under the articles of confederation was a weakness in which area of government? a.)legislative b.)judicial c.) administrative d.)economic

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

Who wrote the declaration of independence