SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
SOUTHERN SECESSION
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Question
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The Crittenden Compromise would simply guarantee the preservation of slavery in the states in which it already existed.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Crittenden’s Compromise would protect slavery in all states where it already existed. More importantly, however, it proposed to allow the western expansion of slavery into states below the Missouri Compromise line.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the heart of the plan was an amendment to extend to the Pacific the line drawn by the 1820 Missouri Compromise, prohibiting slavery north of the 36°30’ parallel-a line made defunct by the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -Every Republican Senator opposed the measure and six Democrats abstained. On March 4, the Senate reconsidered Crittenden’s compromise proposal and defeated it by a single vote.
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