Slavery was an issue in slave states from South and Free states North in 1800s. South states were the agricultural area so they needed slaves and support it, but not the North state. Several disputes exists, Congress performed compromises to settle these disputes. But these compromises could not hold for longer. (1820 - 1861: HOLDING THE UNION TOGETHER) Missouri Compromise in 1820, Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, Compromise of 1850 in 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 were some the acts at that time which lead to south and north grew apart. (Unit 3 A Nation Divided ) These political compromises did not reduce tension and resulted into the Civil War. The Missouri compromise was remained ineffective in the issue of tension between the southern
