John C. Calhoun’s position on the Compromise of 1850 can best be described as:
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Correct answer: Opposed, because it did not provide enough protections for Southern rights
Too ill to deliver his own speech, Calhoun had it read for him. He argued that the North had become too powerful and that unless the South was given constitutional guarantees for its property (slaves) and sectional balance, the Union would fail.
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