USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Southerners who opposed the Missouri Compromise did so because it set a precedent for Congress to make laws concerning slavery, while Northerners disliked the law because it meant slavery was expanding into new territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered Northerners for a couple of reasons. Anti-slavery Northerners didn’t want to be forced to participate in the institution of slavery. Many others also feared that the legislation meant that the slave states were wielding too much power in the U.S. government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Northerners were satisfied with the compromise because it kept the balance in the Senate between free and slave states. Southerners felt they won a victory with the Missouri Compromise because at that time most Americans felt it was unlikely that the area north and west of Missouri would ever be settled.

Detailed explanation-4: -Northerners bristled at the idea of turning their states into a stalking ground for bounty hunters, and many argued the law was tantamount to legalized kidnapping. Some abolitionists organized clandestine resistance groups and built complex networks of safe houses to aid enslaved people in their escape to the North.