Als Before The Events Of The Missouri Compromise

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NHD Research Paper Throughout the years leading up to 1819 The northern anti-slavery states were constantly conflicting with the pro-slavery southern states.The states were even as there were 11 pro-slavery states, and 11 anti-slavery states. The conflict went back and forth for many years, and the Louisiana Purchase only added fuel to the fire. Both sides were constantly trying to find a way to get ahead of the other. Then the very thing both sides were looking for happened. The first chunk of land was taken out of the Louisiana purchase, and that land was invaluable to both sides. Acquiring the land would mean tipping the odds in their favor for both sides. But on the other side of this the land would have created an imbalance in the states, which would have led to a larger conflict, and perhaps a fight. Then the idea which would later become the missouri compromise was set on the table. The Missouri Compromise however had effects larger than simply distributing the land. The Missouri Compromise would further prevent a larger conflict between the north, and south in the immediate future. This made both sides even more restless to fight for their respective causes. The compromise …show more content…

Congress just did not have the power that they were meant to have. Congress simply could not establish anything as they simply did not have the authority to enact such things. But after the Missouri compromise congress saw themselves get a large boost in their authority to enact laws and acts upon states. You can see the increase in their power in the events that took place after the compromise. Congress was able to take authority in admitting california as a free state, congress also was able to deal with the Kansas Nebraska act in the way that they wished to do it. The missouri compromise was the first stepping stone in the congress’s path to reaching the level of power that they would acquire in the

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