Why Did John C

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did John C. Calhoun believe that the federal government had no power to prohibit slavery in the Mexican Cession?

• A) He said that no federal rules or regulations had ever addressed the issue of slavery in American territories.
• B) He believed that free states already had enough territory.
• C) He believed that slaves were property, and the Constitution protected the right to property.
• D) He said that since slavery had been legal in the territory when it was Mexican, slavery should continue to be legal now.
• E) He argued that the resolution by Congressman David Wilmot had specifically settled the issue.

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