The Proposed Crittenden Compromise, If Adopted, Would Have
A) Prohibited $\degree$

The proposed Crittenden Compromise, if adopted, would have

A) prohibited slavery north of the line 36 $\degree$ 30'.
B) guaranteed federal protection of slavery in territories south of 36 $\degree$ 30'.
C) drawn a line between free and slave territories all the way to the Pacific coast.
D) restored the equal balance between slave and free states in the Senate.
E) permitted the expansion of slavery into new territories south of 36 $\degree$ 30'.