Regional Differences Increase
- US had equal number of slave and free states until Missouri qpplied for statehood
- BIG controversy
- Missouri Compromise
o Henry Clay
o Maine enters as free and Missouri enters as slave
o Line drawn from SW Missouri to western boundary of the US
o Territories south of the line- slave
o North of the line- free
- Except Missouri
South felt threatened
- 1822 slave revolt planned by Denmark Vesey in Charleston
- South felt their safety threatened