The Importance Of Slavery In The United States

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During the 1800s, slavery had become a hot topic in the United States, even though many did not even want to have the discussion about it. However, as we gained more land in the Mexican War slavery had to be addressed because the new territories were going to create an imbalance between the free and slave states. This imbalance would favor the South more than the North and give slavery the opportunity to spread further. Northerners, of course, did not agree with the idea of slavery spreading and worked to have legislation passed to support their perspective. Still, the legislation and the courts’ decision of cases related towards this matter, such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act angered both the North and South and increased the sectionalism between them. …show more content…

On Mar. 3, 1820, the bill had passed and prohibited slavery in the Louisiana territory, but there was an exception for the state Missouri. Also, this legislation made the 36°30 parallel line a line of division. Basically, anything below the parallel line had the freedom to become a slave state and anything above it would be a free state. This became that start of the sectional conflict. As the years continue on, it doesn’t get better, but only worse. As a result, more bills were passed in hopes resolve the

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