The Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The compromise of 1850 was a bill passed in order to undo some of the growing tensions between the south and the north.  Most of this tension came from the Missouri Compromise of 1820.  The southern slave state of Texas wanted to expand its state above the slave line and still wanted to be able to have slaves there.  And the north wanted the new state of California to be free even though half was below the 30 degree line.  Because of this the act had multiple purposes, one was that Texas had to give up its land claims above the slave line, another was that California became a free state.  One of the biggest southern gains was the admission of the fugitive slave act.  Another portion of the act was that slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
     However, although both sides agreed with the compromise, both had parts they did not like.  That is why Georgia founded the Georgia Platform.  It was a widely accepted rule that stated after the compromise passed.  It stated that Georgia would succeed from the union if the union encroached any farther on their state rights.
     Eventually even with the compromises made in the 1850 bill there were still problems with the Missouri Compromise.  A big problem was with the creation of the new Kansas and Nebraska territories.  Those territories wanted to become slave states but were too far north for this to be legal.  Because of this the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was passed.  It found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and finally repealed it.