The Reconstruction Amendments Toppled the Ideals of What Supreme Court

question 30

Multiple Choice

The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

• A) Gibbons v. Ogden.
• B) Dred Scott v. Stanford.
• C) Fletcher v. Peck.
• D) Marbury v. Madison.

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