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The expansion was coming fast and the ending of slave importation meant that they would be many less slave states than non-slave states. This had economic, social, and political effects.
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Because slavery would be allowed south of latitude 36 degrees 30’ this meant people would be moving to different sections of the US based on their opinions on slavery. This also had economic, social, and political effects.
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This read that all land from Mexico would not contain slaves or anything of that nature which made southerners upset. This had a large social and political effect.
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This settled a debate between the north and south over how newly acquired territories would handle the matter of slavery. This had a social effect.
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The act was meant to benefit slaveholders, but it ended up, hurting them, because they created a sense of hostility toward slavery to Northerners, who had been undecided making slave expansion less likely. This had a large social impact.
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The north was highly more hesitant to give slave states more land after this novel highlighted the negatives of slavery. This had impacts on all political, social, and economic.
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Tons of people stormed Kansas to try and cast their vote making it either slave state or non slave state which meant lots of people left their homes to move out west. This also had impacts on all politics, social, and economics.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act which was a railroad that stretched from the east to the west, went against the Missouri Compromise, which ended up allowing slavery in the area north of the 36° 30´ latitude making Northerners unhappy. This had effects on politics, socials, and economics.
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The Caning of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks–Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts just because of his beliefs. This was an political impact because no one could be trusted.
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The Supreme Court's decision showed that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional, also saying that Congress had no power to forbid or abolish slavery in the newly acquired territories. This had effects on politics, and social life.