During the debate over California’s statehood, which political figure refused to compromise regarding the expansion of slavery?

Question

1. Daniel Webster
2. John Calhoun
3. Henry Clay
4. Millard Fillmore

Answer 1

During the debate over California’s statehood, it was John Calhoun who refused to compromise regarding the expansion of slavery. Calhoun was a strong proponent of slaveholding interests and insisted on the protection of slavery in any new territories or states.