Slavery has always been a recurring issue throughout the history of the United States. Although he did not consider himself an abolitionist, John Quincy Adams, the second president of the United States, made his anti-slavery sentiment during and after his term in office. Back then, either you supported slavery or you did not. There were many pinnacle moments throughout the United States’ history that fluctuated the necessity of slaves such as economic demand for certain cash crops, inventions that allowed mass production, and mostly importantly, anti-slavery news articles and books. At the top of this peak, was Missouri Compromise, which literally divided the nation into two different ideologies, although many Northerners also were not fond of blacks. Nonetheless, it paved the way for future events that lead to what seemed to have been an inevitable civil war, in a way it was a last ditch effort to avoid further conflict but it only increased the tensions. With the quick expansion towards the west, it was difficult to keep an even amount of representatives from both sides of the …show more content…
With expansion comes the question of which new states will be admitted as free and which ones will be admitted as slave. The answer to this question was the Missouri compromise. Although the compromise quelled the on the spot divisiveness by turning Missouri into a slave state and Maine as free, it intensified the greater clase between North and South. It clearly demonstrated that the south didn't intend for slavery to finish, they wanted to broaden its presence. The inefficiency behind slavery was being displayed on a global stage, without expansion it cannot survive. The question we have been ignoring as a nation for hundred of years is once again knocking on our door, and while one party wants to do what is right and just, the other party wants to do what is the most