During westward expansion, the U.S. government attempted to address the issue of slavery through a series of legislative compromises, including the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state, and established a line dividing free and slave territories. The Compromise of 1850 further tried to balance interests by allowing California to enter as a free state while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act. However, these measures ultimately failed to resolve tensions, contributing to the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War.
Slavery was a problem that continued to plague the settlers even during the height of the westward expansion and would later be the focus of the Civil War.
The Compromise of 1850 addressed the question of slavery in Washington, D.C., by allowing the continuation of the slave trade, but not slavery itself, thereby permitting slavery to exist in the capital while prohibiting the buying and selling of enslaved people within its borders. Additionally, the compromise included a provision for a stricter Fugitive Slave Law, which required citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves. This compromise was part of a larger effort to balance the interests of slave and free states in the context of westward expansion.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was driven by the desire to promote westward expansion and the construction of a transcontinental railroad. It aimed to organize the territories of Kansas and Nebraska using the principle of popular sovereignty, allowing settlers to decide on the legality of slavery. This sparked intense political conflict and violence, as pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups rushed to influence the outcomes in these territories, ultimately exacerbating sectional tensions leading up to the Civil War.
The Liberty Party called for an end to slavery. The Liberty Party became the Republican Party.
Because slavery was the mainstay of the cotton industry.
Although originally a supporter, Quincy opposed westward expansion by 1843 because of the consequent expansion of slavery into Texas.
It effected slavery's westward expansion because slavery would'nt be loyal in any territoy North.
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Cotton had a major impact on slavery especially after Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. As to Westward expansion farmers bought land in Alabama and Mississippi on which to farm cotton.
Because as we pushed westward more slave states were added to the union increasing the slave population
it didnt it made it worse
Slavery played a significant role in westward expansion in the United States. The expansion of slavery into new territories and states fueled sectional tensions between the North and South, eventually leading to the American Civil War. The issue of whether new states would allow or prohibit slavery was a major factor in determining the balance of power between the free and slave states, and ultimately the course of westward expansion.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery. It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the Louisiana Territory.