SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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stop the spread of slavery in the United States.
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create a compromise in which new states could be admitted to the Union.
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allow slavery to move into the Louisiana Territory.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and “Bleeding Kansas” have in common? The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and “Bleeding Kansas” all dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Each of them involved the balance of “free” and “slave” states in the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. In 1849 California requested permission to enter the Union as a free state, potentially upsetting the balance between the free and slave states in the U.S. Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who Was Responsible for The Compromise of 1850? Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky, a leading statesman and member of the Whig Party known as “The Great Compromiser” for his work on the Missouri Compromise, was the primary creator of the Missouri Compromise.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states in the years leading up to the American Civil War.