Multiple Choice
During the debate on the Compromise of 1850,
A) Daniel Webster managed to forge a successful compromise.
B) JohnC. Calhoun called for southern secession if California were admitted as a free state.
C) StephenA. Douglas stepped down as secretary of state.
D) Jefferson Davis resigned from the Senate.
E) President Zachary Taylor suddenly died.
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