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To end an argument about slavery in the territories (apex)
The Republican Party and the Quakers were the leading opponents of expanding slavery into the new territories.
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
The Kansas Nebraska Act reopened argument over the spread of slavery into territories of the Louisiana Purchase.
Slavery in gained territories.
Congress attempted to resolve the north and south disputes that lead up to the civil war by enacting a number of agreed upon compromises that they hoped would appease both sides of the country.
Congress attempted to resolve the north and south disputes that lead up to the civil war by enacting a number of agreed upon compromises that they hoped would appease both sides of the country.
Congress attempted to resolve the north and south disputes that lead up to the civil war by enacting a number of agreed upon compromises that they hoped would appease both sides of the country.
1854 : The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was the third and last of the series of compromises enacted before the u.s. civil war in an attempt to resolve the question of whether slavery should be permitted in the western territories .
1854 : The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was the third and last of the series of compromises enacted before the u.s. civil war in an attempt to resolve the question of whether slavery should be permitted in the western territories .
Popular Sovereigntypopular sovereignty
missori became slave state, and manie became free state and gave a solution to slavery
Slavery was the big issue. In particular, whether to allow slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico and other territories that might become states. There also problems with dealing with fugitive slaves and the people who helped them escape.
To end an argument about slavery in the territories (apex)
Fillmore supported the Compromise of 1850 which was Henry Clay's attempt to resolve the crisis over slavery and prevent a civil war.
The Republican Party and the Quakers were the leading opponents of expanding slavery into the new territories.
Slavery in the territories