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Westward Expansion and Slavery The North and the South had always been in turmoil, even from the beginning of United States history. At the Constitutional Convention, for example, they argued over congressional elections, and slavery. Although never mentioned in the Constitution it is evident that these two regions fought bitterly over the sensitive issue and came to great compromises such as the 3/5ths clause and the 1808 clause. Yet the two did agree on two things, the first was that they decided to cast aside the issue of slavery until 1808, and the second was they envisioned the expansion of the United States. Little did they know shortly after their tremendous decisions, the North and South would fight in a long war dealing with slavery, prompted by the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision. The Missouri Compromise of...

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