After several southern states seceded from the Union,the Crittenden Compromise attempted to bring them back by
A) offering to resurrect the Missouri Compromise of 1820's boundaries regarding slavery.
B) reinstating the sale of slaves 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 to bring the southern states back to the Union by offering to re-establish the boundaries of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This would have extended the boundary line of free and slave states to the Pacific Ocean, effectively allowing slavery to exist in some western territories. However, the compromise was rejected by both Republicans and southern Democrats, as it failed to address the fundamental issue of slavery's expansion.

After Several Southern States Seceded from the Union,the Crittenden Compromise