Conflict_Over_Slave_Expansion

Conflict Over Slave Expansion There were many acts throughout the 1800’s that intensified the national conflict over the growth of slavery. Westward expansion, industrialization and immigration were all issues that brought about changes in society, which eventually led to more confrontations over the development of slavery. Two major political acts, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas- Nebraska Act, both worked to resolve this issue. California’s population had grown so much that political leaders were quickly seeking statehood. This put California in the center of the debates over the issue of slave labor versus free labor. There were many different political groups emerging in the United States, all of which had different views on slavery and were looking to protect their social and economical interests. The Free Soil Party, Whig Party, and Congressional Democrats all had controversial opinions on the entrance of California into the union. After lengthy debates, Congress rejected the idea of allowing California to enter as either a free or slave state and instead formed a compromise. The Compromise of 1850 called for the passage of five separate bills: California would be admitted as a free state; slavery could not be restricted in any land acquired from Mexico; the federal government would slavery, compromise, political, over, free, states, bill, slave, issue, both, people, new, nebraska, kansas, california, act, union, two, state, soil, social, public, labor, even, congress, conflict, best, 1850, win, west, vote, views, time, struggle, sovereignty, southerners