Do you remember the Missouri Compromise, in 1820 that created the 36 30 line as divider for free/slave states? It worked almost flawlessly until Kansas and Nebraska both wanted to be admitted to the Union in 1854. They were both above the 36 30 line, unlike California, which the 36 30 split in half in 1850. There were no major problems until, the South found out that two free states were being admitted. They believed that both states being free was unfair...even though the Missouri Compromise made it legal. Eventually, Kansas and Nebraska were allowed to vote on whether to become a free or slave state - thus repealing the Missouri Compromise. This also caused the abolitionists and slavery supporters to fight within their states. Kansas and Nebraska both became free states.
Bleeding Kansas
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