Declaring that Congress lacked authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories, The Dred Scott decision meant that which previous Congressional action had been unconstitutional?

a. Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
b. Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. Eleventh Amendment
d. Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
e. Missouri Compromise of 1820


ANS: E

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