Congress Adopted a "Gag Rule" in 1837

question 11

Multiple Choice

Congress adopted a "gag rule" in 1837

• A) to prevent southerners from seeking federal compensation for runaway slaves.
• B) to legally table debates about slavery as a way to keep sectional peace.
• C) to silence former president, now representative, John Quincy Adams.
• D) to ban protests by free laborers who were opposed to slavery.
• E) to stop Georgia from offering a bounty on William Lloyd Garrison.

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