Introduce your paper with your previously crafted thesis statement. Describe two (2) outcomes of the 3/5ths Compromise, Missouri Compromise of 1820, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott Decision. Note: Be sure to provide two (2) outcomes for each legislation. Suggest three (3) reasons why slavery was, and is, incompatible with our political and economic system. List three to five (3-5) driving forces that led to the Civil War. Use at least three (3) academic references besides or in addition to the textbook PLEASE FOLLOW THE OUTLINE BELOW Thesis Statement Threw out our nations early history, slavery was such on of the most controversial subject and because of this, our nation was divided economically and politically and led up to Americas deadliest war, the Civil War. II. Body 1. Reasons why slavery was and is incompatible with our political and economic system a. Slave owners were more worried about the size of their plantations than about profits b. Slavery divided the southern and Northern states and brought tension c. Slavery forced planters to diversify economic activities 2. Outcomes of different compromises a. 3/5ths Compromise 1.Compromised between Southern and Northern States 2.A slave could only count as three-fifths of a person for representation in congress b. Missouri Compromise of 1820 1.Missouri became a slave state and Main became a free state 2.Drew a boundary between free and slave regions c.Compromise of 1850 1.Slave trade in Washington DC was abolished, but not slavery 2.Fugitive slave law was strengthened d. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1.Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 2. Allowed territories to decide the issue of slavery based on popular sovereignty e. Dred Scott Decision 1.Supreme Court ruled Scott was still a slave and no rights to file suit 2.Also stated Congress had no authority to ban slavery from federal territory 3. Driving forces leading to Civil War a. Slavery b. State rights c. Lincolns election III. References 1. History.com Editors, 2019, Missouri Compromise, https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/missouri-compromise 2.”Junction History.” Junction Education. Princeton, NJ. Accessed April 16, 2018 https://app.junctioneducation.com/#/5c8a88056934b60ce63f0eb6 3.Rebecca Beatrice Brooks, 2011, The Causes of the Civil War, http://civilwarsaga.com/the-causes-of-the-civil-war
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