Maintaining a police force is one of the ways in which state governments provide public safety. The presence of an effective police force is essential in order to enforce the law, provide citizens with different kinds of assistance and prosecuting individuals acting against the society.
The Missouri compromise was nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska act. This act allowed the people in each state to determine whether or not slavery would continue within their state.
Abolitionist John Brown was executed because of his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. John Brown led the Harper's Ferry raid.
