US Presidential History Quiz: Whig Party, Free-Soil Party & Franklin Pierce

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John C. Calhoun

James Polk

John Brown

Zachary Taylor (correct)

Maintaining the status quo of slavery in territories

Supporting slavery in all states

Supporting the expansion of slavery

Opposing the expansion of slavery into western territories (correct)

Slavery in territories acquired from Mexico (correct)

Trade with Mexico

Immigration from Mexico

Territorial expansion

Thought slavery was bad and needed to end Signup and view all the answers

Admit a slave state and a free state based on an invisible line Signup and view all the answers

Enforce the Fugitive Slave Act Signup and view all the answers

To leave the issue of slavery in territories to local governments Signup and view all the answers

States' rights Signup and view all the answers

States should decide on the issue of slavery Signup and view all the answers

A line dividing where slavery could and couldn't exist in the new territories Signup and view all the answers

Slavery in territories acquired from Mexico Signup and view all the answers

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