During the time period of 1819 - 1856 there were some good and there were the bad. Some of the good was the Free states for the north and slave states for the south and more land for expansionists to live in such as California and Texas. The bad things during this era were dealing with the issue of slavery and which state would be considered a slave or a free state.Tensions were increased by territorial expansion due to the issue of slavery, new laws/acts being created and certain of events occurring. With the territorial expansion caused tensions dealing with slavery. There was an issue what state would be a free state or slave state. For example: no one knew what state would be free or not free, so they decided to make an act called the Kansas and Nebraska act. The Kansas Nebraska act simply explained that territories newly or already states would determine if their state would be a slave state or free state, which caused tension because if kansas became a slave state it would ruin the missouri compromise. If other states would be slave states it would ignore the wilmot proviso
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In this time period laws/acts had their benefits and there negative outcomes. One law or amendment that caused some problems which was the missouri compromise that stated that missouri would be a slave state and maine would become a free state and slavery would be destroyed above 36,30 line. Another act , in this case it’s is a treaty that provides peace with other countries. This treaty would be the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in document 5 there is a map shading some land, that land was acquired from the treaty which brought in texas,oregon,and the beautiful california. This caused some tension because no one knew what to do with these states, the north and south were both heated when the south wanted to have slave states and that caused the north to resent the south
In this time period laws/acts had their benefits and there negative outcomes. One law or amendment that caused some problems which was the missouri compromise that stated that missouri would be a slave state and maine would become a free state and slavery would be destroyed above 36,30 line. Another act , in this case it’s is a treaty that provides peace with other countries. This treaty would be the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in document 5 there is a map shading some land, that land was acquired from the treaty which brought in texas,oregon,and the beautiful california. This caused some tension because no one knew what to do with these states, the north and south were both heated when the south wanted to have slave states and that caused the north to resent the south