Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1920, is initial objective was to keep slave and free states equal. The compromise stated that all land in the former Louisiana territory was to be entered as a free state with the exception of the proposed state of Missouri, it also introduced main into into the Union also as a free state. Although this seemed like a good plan the House of Representatives refused to pass it and so there was a conference held to debate it, they came up with many rules and ideas but it was disproved and was dismissed. Eventually a compromise was passed entering Missouri and Main and setting a border of free states in the old Louisiana territory along with modifications such as the allowance of making a constitution within these states.

Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 bills passed in September 1850, it had many new rules that many both approved and disproved. Some of the rules were that Texas had to give up land to New Mexico and also territory above the Missouri Compromise line, another was the Fugitive slave act which many northerners disproved of, and California was admitted as a free state in exchange for giving a tiny sliver of land to the south. This compromise is what helped fuel a lot of the tension between north and south and it only got worse as the Government tried to fix past mistakes.

The Kansas-Nebraska act

    the Kansas-Nebraska act was formed in 1854 and it created the territory of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new land for settling, and dispersed the Missouri compromise because the citizens of these new territories were allowed to vote whether or not they wanted slaver (also known as Popular Sovereignty). The main purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska act was to open new farm land and to add more United States territory so that they could make a transcontinental railroad, but there was a problem with the act, because they introduced popular sovereignty there was a civil war in Kansas also known as Bleeding Kansas. In the end the act did work out and both states were introduced into the country, and brought us one step closer to the civil war.