In the case of __________, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of personal liberty laws and ruled that individual states were not obliged to help enforce federal laws

A) Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
B) Dred Scott v. Sanford (1859)
C) U.S. v. Kansas (1856)
D) Burns v. Massachusetts (1854)


Answer: A

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