Read the excerpt. We burnt everything: pianos, guitars, melodeons, superior household furniture of every kind, a store full of goods, the court house with all the county papers, the jail, the tavern, and about thirty dwellings, some of which cost $10,000, all, all committed to the flames. –Northern soldier, describing the destruction of Prentiss, Mississippi What was the term for the kind of actions this quote describes? emancipation inflation pension loss scorched earth

In what ways did the compromise of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 differ from the missouri compromise? both compromises used the established 36°30′ parallel to determine if territories would become free or slave states. both compromises used the mason-dixon line to determine if the territories would become free or slave states. both compromises let territories use popular sovereignty to determine if they would become free or slave states. both compromises only granted congress the power to determine if territories would become free or slave states.