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What battle over extending slavery finally results in two states and an agreement on how to handle slavery in the territories?
Not battle, but a debate. The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Why did the issue of slavery come up in the 1840s?
Because of the enormous new territories acquired from Mexico. These extended so far either side of the Missouri line that the Missouri Compromise was not workable. This intensified the debate over new territories joining the Union as slave-states.
Why did the issue of slavery come up again in the 1840's?
Because of the enormous new territories acquired from Mexico. These extended so far either side of the Missouri line that the Missouri Compromise was not workable. This intensified the debate over new territories joining the Union as slave-states.
What major decision led up to the civil war?
There was not a major decision that led to it but there were many that led to it such as the dred Scott decision and the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 and the Lincoln- Douglas debate
Was Franklin Pierce apart of Union or Confederacy and what did he do for Kansas and Nebraska Act?
Franklin Pierce supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act which cancelled the Missouri Compromise leading to a new rise of the debate about the spread of slavery in the Western Territories. After the outbreak of the Civil War he declared support for the Confederacy.
