Question

The Missouri Compromise

The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts?

• Should the U.S. expand westward?
Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?
Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Answer 1

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The fundamental question addressed in each of these congressional acts is: Should the U.S. expand westward and whether or not slavery should be allowed in new states.