The South Furiously Objected to the House's Passage of the Tallmadge

question 141

Multiple Choice

The South furiously objected to the House's passage of the Tallmadge amendment to the Missouri statehood bill because

• A) they believed it would threaten the sectional balance.
• B) they saw Missouri as their key chance to gain a slaveholding majority in the Senate.
• C) they thought it would slow the growth of the West.
• D) they realized it would open the door to radical abolitionism.
• E) they saw Missouri as the key to the future of slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory.

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