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Briefly explain the perspective of the historian on the Wilmot Proviso._ Briefly explain ONE event or idea from the period 1844 – 1877 that could be used to support Nevins’s argument._ Briefly explain a SECOND event or idea from the period 1844 – 1877 that could be used to refute Nevins’s argument.

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Option 2 “Thus the contest was joined on the central issue which was to dominate all American history the next dozen years, the disposition of the Territories. Two sets of extremists had arisen: ... Northerners who demanded no new slave territories under any circumstances, and Southerners who demanded free entry for slavery into all territories, the penalty for denial to be secession. For the time being, moderates who hoped to find a way of compromise and to repress the underlying issue of slavery itself – its toleration or nontoleration by a great free Christian state – were overwhelmingly in the majority. But history showed that in crises of this sort the two sets of extremists were almost certain to grow in power, swallowing up more and more members of the conciliatory center.” — Historian Allan Nevins 1. Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c. a) Briefly explain the perspective of the historian on the Wilmot Proviso. b) Briefly explain ONE event or idea from the period 1844 – 1877 that could be used to support Nevins’s argument. c) Briefly explain a SECOND event or idea from the period 1844 – 1877 that could be used to refute Nevins’s argument. [Show More]

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