How did congress react to the growing conflict over slavery

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FeroxTL · Answer 1 · 2018-01-12T09:00:41+0000

Under Southern pressure, in 1836 , the House of Representatives passed "gag rule" allowing that all abolitionist petitions be retired without any debate about them. It was passed by the House of Representatives in between 1836 and 1840 and revoked in 1844.

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