Question

Which of the following best summarizes the gag rule

Answer 1

The correct answer is A.

A gag rule is a regulation that explicitly prevents discussion about a certain issue from taking place in the legislative chambers or other public decision-making bodies.

When the abolitionist movement started to agitate the US politics, claiming against the institution of slavery. For example, John Quincy Adams, as a member of Congress, sent repeated petitions claiming for abolition. The pro-slavery factions established a gag rule which automatically blocked his petitions and these stopped to be discussed or read in the chamber.

Answer 2

A Law That Prohibited The Debate And Discussion Of Slavery In Congress