After several southern states threatened to secede from the Union, the Crittenden Compromise attempted to stop them from seceding by:
A)offering to extend the Missouri Compromise line of 1820 all the way to the Pacific, excluding California.
B)reinstating the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
C)allowing slave owners to establish slavery in the West.
D)promising to reimburse plantation owners for the cost of each slave that they freed.
E)agreeing to put the major hub of the transcontinental railroad in the South.

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The Crittenden Compromise proposed extending the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean, allowing slavery in territories south of the line, in an effort to appease Southern states and prevent secession.

After Several Southern States Threatened to Secede from the Union