Missouri Compromise
These failed compromises served purposes other than their intended ones. They served to “feed the extremist factions” in each of the divided sections of America. The deterioration of these compromises aided the progression of groups like the Radical Republicans, Know- Nothings, Free-Soil Party, and Abolitionists. One of the compromises that served to feed these factions was the Missouri Compromise. As stated before, this compromise debated on the admission Maine and Missouri as slave or free states. It resulted in the 36°30’ line being set and is an example of an almost direct conflict between the North and the South on the institution. The North was against the spread of slavery so even though they conceded Missouri they were able to contain
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It allowed Missouri to be added as a slave state while Maine was established as a free state to maintain balance amongst the Union. This compromise was later negated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act put in place in 1854. According to Eric Foner, he states, “During the next two years, the Whig Party, unable to develop a unified response to the political crisis, collapsed. From a region divided between the two parties, the South became solidly Democratic... disgruntled Democrats, joined a new organization, the Republican Party, dedicated to preventing the further expansion of slavery” (Foner 512). Passed in 1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act created a more sectional America because settlers could not determine the status of slavery among these territories by themselves. This led to events like Bleeding Kansas which was caused because when it came time to use their popular sovereignty to vote on whether to outlaw slavery or not people from other the states, like Missouri, would cross over the border and cast votes which led to elections being invalidated and having to be done over again on other days. Bleeding Kansas also led to many acts of violence that held political anti-slavery sentiments. However, the actual act itself states that it will leave the states “...created into a temporary government by the name of the Territory Nebraska; and... shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of the admission…" (The Kansas- Nebraska Act). The act had went against the Missouri Compromise because Stephen A. Douglas passed this bill to give territorial governments to Kansas and Nebraska which had allowed them to use popular sovereignty to make their decisions. This negates the Missouri Compromise because it disrupted the balance of admitting every other state as a free state. Also, it
It allowed Missouri to be added as a slave state while Maine was established as a free state to maintain balance amongst the Union. This compromise was later negated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act put in place in 1854. According to Eric Foner, he states, “During the next two years, the Whig Party, unable to develop a unified response to the political crisis, collapsed. From a region divided between the two parties, the South became solidly Democratic... disgruntled Democrats, joined a new organization, the Republican Party, dedicated to preventing the further expansion of slavery” (Foner 512). Passed in 1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act created a more sectional America because settlers could not determine the status of slavery among these territories by themselves. This led to events like Bleeding Kansas which was caused because when it came time to use their popular sovereignty to vote on whether to outlaw slavery or not people from other the states, like Missouri, would cross over the border and cast votes which led to elections being invalidated and having to be done over again on other days. Bleeding Kansas also led to many acts of violence that held political anti-slavery sentiments. However, the actual act itself states that it will leave the states “...created into a temporary government by the name of the Territory Nebraska; and... shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of the admission…" (The Kansas- Nebraska Act). The act had went against the Missouri Compromise because Stephen A. Douglas passed this bill to give territorial governments to Kansas and Nebraska which had allowed them to use popular sovereignty to make their decisions. This negates the Missouri Compromise because it disrupted the balance of admitting every other state as a free state. Also, it