Question

Why did antislavery Senator Daniel Webster agree to compromise with proslavery senators?

A.
He was willing to compromise to keep the United States together.

B.
He wanted the Democrats to retain their control of the House and the Senate.

C.
He saw it as the only way to gain southern support on more important issues.

D.
He came to believe in John C. Calhoun's view of slavery as necessary and beneficial.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Antislavery Senator Daniel Webster agreed to compromise with proslavery senators because A. He was willing to compromise to keep the United States together. Senator Calhoun's speech stated that southerners should have the right to take slaves, as their personal properties, anywhere. Although an abolitionist, Senator Daniel Webster was willing to comprise to keep the Union together, that was more important to him than free soil.