Sectionalism in the U.S.

Missouri Compromise

Mar 6, 1820

The main issue in the Missouri Compromise was whether new states would be admitted as free or slave states. This entry. The Missouri Compromise increased tensions by making slavery a national policy, affecting the North and South differential issues.

Compromise of 1850

Jan 29, 1850

The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September 1850 that dealt with slavery and territorial expansion. Stephen Douglas, a young Democrat from Illinois, pushed a series of bills through Congress that would make up the compromise. The ten-year armistice established by the compromise only pushed the nation further against slavery.