Most immigrants believed that America was the land of liberty. They left their lives behind in homeland to find a place where they could express their wills. However, the blacks, in particular, suffered the most out of slavery. A bunch of privilege slipped out of their hands just because of color. Blacks were denied of freedom from their masters, even marriage within their race was not permitted. Suffrage was the most crucial privilege for them to have. If they were given an access to vote, slavery would possibly never have to exist. Of course, whites would not let that happen. Therefore, the idea of slavery divided the Union in the nineteenth century. The election of Abraham Lincoln as the president in 1860 triggered a huge turmoil within the Union starting with the secession of some slave states in the south to the historical Civil War in America.
Sectionalism was one of the main reasons why the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was created. The southern states relied profoundly on slavery with their economic growth, while the northern states were determined to abolish that evilness. At the time when Missouri applied for statehood in 1819, there were eleven slave states and also eleven free states, balancing the U.S. …show more content…
“How could the Congress deny a new state the right to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery?” The Independence Hall Association questioned (par. 5). The U.S. Congress denied the first proposal until Maine wanted a separation from the state of Massachusetts after a year. This was where Congressman Henry Clay of Kentucky came into play. He pioneered the Missouri Compromise by making Maine as an equalizer (meaning to be a free state) for the Missouri to be a slave state. It also drew a boundary line below Missouri splitting free and slave states. The differences in interest of these regions would not last as the Union aimed for expansion in the next few decades of the nineteenth
Sectionalism was one of the main reasons why the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was created. The southern states relied profoundly on slavery with their economic growth, while the northern states were determined to abolish that evilness. At the time when Missouri applied for statehood in 1819, there were eleven slave states and also eleven free states, balancing the U.S. …show more content…
“How could the Congress deny a new state the right to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery?” The Independence Hall Association questioned (par. 5). The U.S. Congress denied the first proposal until Maine wanted a separation from the state of Massachusetts after a year. This was where Congressman Henry Clay of Kentucky came into play. He pioneered the Missouri Compromise by making Maine as an equalizer (meaning to be a free state) for the Missouri to be a slave state. It also drew a boundary line below Missouri splitting free and slave states. The differences in interest of these regions would not last as the Union aimed for expansion in the next few decades of the nineteenth