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4. Why didn't Congress have the power to ban
slavery in the territories?

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Answer:
Congress lacked the power to interfere with slavery
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the supreme court ruled that congress did not have the power to interfere with ending slavery
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Answer:Most people thought that the Congress would end the slave trade in 1808, ending slavery itself. In fact, all states except South Carolina, stopped importing slaves on their own during the 1790s. With slavery disappearing steadily in the North and continuing in the South, the U.S. was moving in two opposite directions. The Failure of the Constitution

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