Why Did John C

Multiple Choice

Why did John C. Calhoun believe that the federal government had no power to prohibit slavery in the Mexican Cession?

A) He said that no federal rules or regulations had ever addressed the issue of slavery in American territories.
B) He believed that free states already had enough territory.
C) He believed that slaves were property, and the Constitution protected the right to property.
D) He said that since slavery had been legal in the territory when it was Mexican, slavery should continue to be legal now.
E) He argued that the resolution by Congressman David Wilmot had specifically settled the issue.