What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts? *The Missouri compromise
*The compromise of 1850
*The Kansas-Nebraska act
a. Should the U.S. expand westward?
b. Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
c. Should slave labor be allowed in new states?
d. Should states be able to secede from the Union?
which of the following best shows how the issue of states rights contributed on the onset of the Civil War?
a. Many southerners believe that giving states additional rights would hold back western expansion.
b. Many northerners believe that states rights should not extend to slave states.
c. Many southerners believed that rights of their states were threatened by northern abolitionists.
d. many northerners, believe the rights of their states were threatened by the election of Jefferson Davis.
In the Missouri Compromise, the fundamental question addressed was c. Should slave labor be allowed in new states?
In the Compromise of 1850, the fundamental question addressed was a. Should the U.S. expand westward?
In the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the fundamental question addressed was a. Should the U.S. expand westward?
The issue of states rights contributed to the onset of the Civil War most significantly with option c. Many southerners believed that rights of their states were threatened by northern abolitionists.