The opinion written by Chief Justice Taney in the Dred Scott case rendered the Missouri Compromise

a. constitutional.
b. relevant only to Missouri.
c. relevant only to Kansas and Nebraska. d.
the law of the land.
e. unconstitutional.


ANS: E

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