When stephen douglas explained that slavery could be excluded from a territory if the officials did not pass laws to protect it, his argument became known as the .
1.) freeport doctrine
2.)monroe doctrine
3) wilmot proviso

What is the name for the main idea behind the settling of western lands by americans in the early-1800s?

What was the job of the second continental congress

Question 6 of 27 1 point which of the following best describes the three-fifths compromise at the constitutional convention? o a. no more than three-fifths of a state's population could include slaves. o b. three-fifths of a state's slaves had to be released within 20 years. oc. slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in congress. od. three-fifths of a state's population had to vote for slavery if a territory was to enter the union as a slave state. g