Missouri Compromise
The balance between free and slaves states was disrupted when in 1819 Missouri requested to be admitted in the union as a slave state. In order to preserve the balance, Congress passed a compromise in 1820. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and a part of Northern Massachusetts as a free state. This part of Massachusetts was named the state of Maine. This compromise also helped with admission of any state into the nation. Any territory North of the 36 ° 30 ° latitude line was prohibited from slavery. Some significant people during the argument were Senator Rufus King of New York and Senator William Pinkney of Maryland. Senator King led the North, and defended Congress, arguing that they had the power to prohibit slavery …show more content…
It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was very against slavery. The book is about three slaves, Tom, Harry, and Eliza being sold to A rich and cruel plantation owner Simon Legree. This book demonstrated the horrors of slavery that the Northerners were oblivious to at the time. The book flew off the shelves and became one of the most sold books of the decade. This novel shocked the Northerners about how harsh the slaves were treated and it raised awareness of the wrongdoing of slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin also shocked the southerners. They believed that this was a miss-interpretation of slavery. In reality, most slave owners did not treat their slaves as badly as it was portrayed in the book. This angered the south. The North was also angered at the south because they believed that this was how all slaves were treated because for most Northerners, this was their one resource about slavery. Many people believe that this was the main cause of the civil war. It may have been just a tiny book but it was a cause to the bloodiest war of …show more content…
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“Secession.” HistroyNet, www.historynet.com/secession. Accessed 1 May 2017.
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The balance between free and slaves states was disrupted when in 1819 Missouri requested to be admitted in the union as a slave state. In order to preserve the balance, Congress passed a compromise in 1820. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and a part of Northern Massachusetts as a free state. This part of Massachusetts was named the state of Maine. This compromise also helped with admission of any state into the nation. Any territory North of the 36 ° 30 ° latitude line was prohibited from slavery. Some significant people during the argument were Senator Rufus King of New York and Senator William Pinkney of Maryland. Senator King led the North, and defended Congress, arguing that they had the power to prohibit slavery …show more content…
It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was very against slavery. The book is about three slaves, Tom, Harry, and Eliza being sold to A rich and cruel plantation owner Simon Legree. This book demonstrated the horrors of slavery that the Northerners were oblivious to at the time. The book flew off the shelves and became one of the most sold books of the decade. This novel shocked the Northerners about how harsh the slaves were treated and it raised awareness of the wrongdoing of slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin also shocked the southerners. They believed that this was a miss-interpretation of slavery. In reality, most slave owners did not treat their slaves as badly as it was portrayed in the book. This angered the south. The North was also angered at the south because they believed that this was how all slaves were treated because for most Northerners, this was their one resource about slavery. Many people believe that this was the main cause of the civil war. It may have been just a tiny book but it was a cause to the bloodiest war of …show more content…
“Missouri Compromise.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 9 Dec. 2016, www.britannica.com/event/Missouri-Compromise. Accessed 1 May 2017.
History.com Staff. “Compromise of 1850.” History.com, A+E Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/compromise-of-1850. Accessed 1 May 2017.
---. “Missouri Compromise.” History.com, A&E Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/missouri-compromise. Accessed 1 May 2017.
“Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Slavery, and the Civil War.” Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 2015, www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/utc/impact.shtml. Accessed 1 May 2017.
“The Kansas-Nebraska Act.” The History Place, The History Place™, 1996, www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm. Accessed 1 May 2017.
“Missouri Compromise.” PBS.org, www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h511t.html. Accessed 1 May 2017.
“Missouri Compromise: Primary Documents in American History.” The Library of Congress, 16 Nov. 2015, www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html#American. Accessed 15 Apr. 2017.
“Secession.” HistroyNet, www.historynet.com/secession. Accessed 1 May 2017.
Urofsky, Melvin I. “Dred Scott decision.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2014, www.britannica.com/event/Dred-Scott-decision. Accessed 1 May