Under popular sovereignty states would be allowed to vote on the issue of slavery
Idea that states could ignore or void laws
Georgia Platform established that if any further actions were taken to abolish slavery they would secede.
Allowed Missouri to become a slave state
balance was maintained - with the admission of Missouri and Maine there were 12 free states and 12 slave states
Crisis began when South Carolina refused to in act a tariff
Established the 36 parallel as the boundary for the expansion of slavery
Promises were made to both the North and South to protect and abolish various parts of slavery
South Carolina threaten to secede (leave) the United States
Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to enter the Union under popular sovereignty
Allowed California to become a free state
Convention that meet in Georgia to discuss the Compromise of 1850
South Carolina agrees to follow the law as it fails to gain support from other states.
Georgia agreed to sign the Compromise of 1850, which lead to other states signing the law as well.
Maine was established as a free state.
The Georgia Platform saves the compromise.
