Adopted by the House of Representatives in 1836, the gag rule
a. ordered the immediate arrest of any and all persons engaged in the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
b. ordered the cessation of debate in southern state legislatures over South Carolina's ordinance of nullification.
c. made it illegal for anyone in the United States to speak against slavery.
d. automatically tabled abolitionist petitions and thus prevented debate on them.
d
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A) equal membership in the global economy B) economic crisis C) the steady move to industrialization D) economic dependence
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A) the University of Michigan. B) the University of California at Berkeley. C) Harvard University. D) the University of Pennsylvania.
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