Why were republicans able to gain the presidency in the election of 1860? the republicans compromised on the issue of slavery. t
he republicans offered the potential for sectional harmony. the republicans scored a decisive win in the north. the republicans won the support of white southerners who did not own slaves. the republicans successfully pitted the east against the west?
Federalist wanted the constitution and were in favor of it Anti Federalist felt it lacked some elements like amendments that protected our basic human right, which was layer added, and the Federalist said they were a given and they didn't need it to be written out
Missouri Compromise, (1820), in U.S. history, measure worked out between the North and the South and passed by the U.S. Congress that allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state (1821). It marked the beginning of the prolonged sectional conflict over the extension of slavery that led to the American Civil War.
established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial
