Why did the House of Representatives pass a law in 1836 to table all discussion of slavery on the floor of the House?Multiple choice question.Legislators did not want to address all the antislavery petitions that abolitionists sent them.Legislators were busy planning a military offensive and did not want to be distracted.Legislators wanted to complete the discussion of temperance before they turned to slavery.Legislators wanted instead to pass a constitutional amendment outlawing slavery.

Why did abolitionists protest the "gag rule" of 1836? Transcript of the Missouri CompromiseAn Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri territory included within the boundaries herein after designated, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever. . . . Section 8. And be it further enacted. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude . . . shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as aforesaid. APPROVED, March 6, 1820.A:A. It prevented abolitionists from speaking against slavery.B:B. It silenced congressional debate about slavery.C:C. It attempted to ban abolitionist ideas in Missouri.D:D. It banned attacks against slavery in newspapers.

The original Constitution accepted the institution of slavery.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

What was the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?Group of answer choicesThe Fugitive Slave LawThe Women's clauseThe Ranchero addendumThe Land and Missions Law

In the Constitution of 1869, slavery was forbidden and Blacks were included as voters.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

. Why was it important to Southerners to keep an equal number of senators from states without slavery and states with slavery in Congress? Mention the defeat of the Tallmadge Amendment in your answer.