Missouri Compromise reading
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- Q1artificers meansskillful at making somethingcontiguoustending to promote the desired resultunited30s
- Q2Rufus King a senator from New York believed slaverybenefited United States' economyAll of the abovedishonored the freemen of the United Stateswas needed for manual labor30s
- Q3Rufus King believed the motives of new states entering the confederated nation should reflect the values of the United StatesTrueFalse30s
- Q4define confederatedunitedtending to promote the desired resultskillful at making somethingin close proximity30s
- Q5Rufus King believed if slaves states such as Missouri are allowed to enter the Union it wouldit would give America the opportunity to create another statepromote freedom and southern way of living of lifeendanger the security of the Unionwould bebeneficial for the United States because it would spread American values30s
- Q6define contiguoustending to promote somethingin close proximityskillful at making somethingunited30s
- Q7define conciliationsolution or resolutionharmfulthoughtlessdestroy30s
- Q8Joshua Cushman believed compromising and allowing Missouri to enter the United States in order to maintain peace and avoid a civil war was sacrificing Unites States' values and foundationFalseTrue30s
- Q9In a letter to William Short, Thomas Jefferson expressed concern that the United Statesmay end slaveryfuture of the United States may be in jeopardy over the question of slaveryAll of the aboveif the United States abolished slavery it would destroy the south economy30s
- Q10define Schismto be friendlystrifeoptimisticdivision30s
- Q11What did Thomas Jefferson mean when he said " But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awaken and filled me with terror. I consider it at once the knell of the Union"Jefferson was angry that the question of slavery was even being debatedJefferson thought the question of slavery was gong to lead to the death of the United StatesJefferson argued that slavery should be upheldJefferson though the United States should compromise of the issue of slavery30s
- Q12In Thomas Jefferson letter to John Holmes, he argues who should decide what to do on the issue of slaveryAll of the abovethe president of the Untied Statesindividual statesthe United States30s
- Q13Based on the letter to John Holmes, Jefferson seems most concerned withsaving slaveryending slaverysaving the country and avoiding the destruction of the United States30s
- Q14define emancipationassistantdestroyto refrain fromset free30s