The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free ...

In an 1850 retrial, the the St Louis circuit court ... The decision also declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820, legislation which restricted slavery in certain territories, unconstitutional.

In a campaign devoid of issues—for example, both parties endorsed the Compromise of 1850—Pierce defeated the Whig Party ... whether to allow slavery within their borders, nullified the Missouri ...

Pierce's strong support for the Comrpromise of 1850 appeared to indicate that ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively nullified the Missouri Compromise, leading to a race to settle Kansas that ...

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 kept an uneasy alliance for many years between the North and South. However, when California became a state further compromise had to be created. The Democrat ...