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Jefferson - Holmes (Missouri Compromise) United States History

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The following is a quote from a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Holmes, written in 1820. Jefferson was asked his veiw on what, at that time, was called the "Missouri Question" It later became known as the Missouri Compromise. In the quote what "geographical line" was Jefferson referencing? "A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. "
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line of popular sovereignty
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Proclamation Line

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The following is a quote from a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Holmes, written in 1820. Jefferson was asked his veiw on what, at that time, was called the "Missouri Question" It later became known as the Missouri Compromise. In the quote what "geographical line" was Jefferson referencing? "A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. "
54 40
line of popular sovereignty
36 30
Proclamation Line
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"A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. " In the above quote, what was the topic of the "marked principle" Jefferson referenced?
slavery
popular sovereignty
interposition
nullification
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