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Wilmot Proviso
it stated that, through slavery would continue in the South, it would be banned in the territory won from Mexico. The proposal passed the House of Representatives, where northern members held a majority, but was defeated in the Senate, where some northern Democrats opposed the measure. this disagreement reveals the conflict between the North and the South.
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Compromise of 1850
The adoption of the 1850 compromise was essentially to eliminate the contradiction between the North and the South and alleviate the crisis caused by slavery. But in fact, it did not really play its due role, but it intensified the contradiction between the North and the South. The activities of slavery in the South didn't decrease after the 1850 compromise; on the contrary, this activity became more frequent.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Congress again tried to settle the issue of slavery in the West by passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which divided the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska Act. Voters in each territory would decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. Many northerners complained that this plan allowed slavery in areas where it had been banned by the Missouri Compromise. This act further broke the balance of the South and the North.
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Dred Scott
a Supreme Court decision widened the growing divisions over slavery. Dred Scott, an enslaved African American from Missouri, had sued for his freedom, based on the fact that he had traveled with his master into free territory. this event decrease the credibility of the government.
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the South Secedes
to southerners, the elections a clear sign that the more populous free states were now in a position to control national politics. South Carolina declared thus became the first state to secede, or break away, from the Union. this event further caused the separation of Union in the future.
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