Question

What did the Thomas Amendment do?

A. It made slavery illegal in the rest of the Louisiana Territory, except for the territory of Arkansas, and it allowed the Maine–Missouri bill to be passed in the House.
B. It made slavery illegal in the rest of the Louisiana Territory, except for the territory of Arkansas, and it allowed the Maine–Missouri bill to be passed in the Senate.
C. It made slavery illegal in the rest of the Louisiana Territory, except for the territory of Arkansas, and it caused President Monroe to veto the Maine–Missouri bill.
D. It made slavery illegal in the rest of the Louisiana Territory, except for the territory of Arkansas, and it caused the Supreme Court to declare the Maine–Missouri bill unconstitutional.

Answer 1

Attached as Title III to the Act, the Thomas Amendment became the 'third horse' in the New Deal's farm relief bill. Drafted by Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, the amendment blended populist easy-money views with the theories of the New Economics.