Arguments Over Slavery's Expansion

Slavery has been and issues for the Union for decades. More importantly the expansion of slavery. The Missouri Compromise in 1820 was created to try and keep balance between slave states and free states in the Union, It also created the 36° 30’ line so that states who later wanted to join the Union did not have to raise such a debate over slavery. However as Manifest Destiny became a popular belief and America expanded the argument over slavery’s expansion started up once again. Every attempt to end an argument over slavery was proved to be only temporary, and slavery continued to be an issue. The breakup of the Union in 1861 was significantly due to the argument over slavery expansion West, the Northern threat to Southern economy and slightly due to other factors such as the North’s views on Southern secession. …show more content…
The northern states wanted to keep slavery to a minimum and make sure slave states would not take power away from free slave states and especially the federal government. Popular Sovereignty was an idea brought forth to try and stop the government involvement in a state's right to choose whether or not slavery is going to be allowed. The idea worked for a while, mainly because there were no new states being created, however in 1854 both Kansas and Nebraska patience to join the Union. People from Kansas traveled to Nebraska, and vise versa, stuffing ballot boxes causing a series of violent political confrontations, later known as bleeding/bloody Kansas. The government tried to come up with ways to end the growing argument of slavery but it seemed clear to most that it was impossible to