*the Missouri compromise
*The compromise of 1850
*The Kansas-Nebraska act
What was the fundamental question addressed in EACH of these congressional acts?
a. Should the U.S. expand westward?
b. Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
c. Should slave labor be allowed in new states?
d. Should states be able to secede from the Union?
a. Should the U.S. expand westward?
- The Missouri Compromise addressed the issue of whether new states entering the Union should be slave states or free states in the context of westward expansion.
- The Compromise of 1850 addressed the issue of whether new territories acquired from the Mexican-American War should be slave states or free states.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act addressed the issue of whether the territories of Kansas and Nebraska should be allowed to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, thus impacting westward expansion.