Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, GA Platform & Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850,  GA Platform

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

            The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas- Nebraska Act were all things that lead up to the Civil War. These acts that were put in place helped reduce but also cause tension between the northern and southern states. The Missouri Compromise was the balance between free and slave states. For every free slave that was added to the country, a slave had to be added as well. This Compromise also worked the other way around. For example, Missouri a free slave entered the country, and Maine also entered the country as a slave state. The Compromise of 1850 is a result of the Missouri Compromise.  California wanted to join the country as a free state but there were no over areas ready to join the country as a slave state. If California joined, it would upset the balance of the free and slave states.  The result, the Compromise of 1850. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was also related to the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850.  The Kansas- Nebraska Act was the line separating the free and slave states.  The GA platform also delayed the union from the confederacy.

States Rights and Nulification

States Rights & Nullification 

All throughout history power and rights has always been a concern or issue. Since the north and south disagreed on many things, dividing power was very hard. When the north decided to increase the taxes on goods imported, this upset many states in the south. South Carolina decided that they would not follow the new law and said that the states had the rights and the power to not abide by the law. In order to compromise and make everyone happy, a new law was passed. In present America states get to pick and choose some of the laws they want to have in their state. Above is a picture of the line that divided the north and south.

Slavery as a Cause

Slavery as a Cause

What is a slave? According to the Webster dictionary, a slave is a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another.  The demand for slaves in the early stages of the United States was very high. As new technology was created like the cotton gin and the water powered loom, more slaves were needed to work the machinery. Although the life of a slave master was of a higher standard, the life of a slave was not. Many slaves worked long days in the fields. Slaves who worked in rice fields were often at risk of being harmed by different animals that were in the flooded fields. People who were enslaved were not allowed to be married by law and had to follow slaves codes that were put in place to limit their rights. Abolitionist like Frederick Douglass, played a big part in the life of slaves and education of African Americans. It was people like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman who inspired Martin Luther King to fight for equal rights for African Americans. The picture belowis a map representing the routes of the Underground Railroad where Harriet Tubman guided many slaves to freedom.

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