How was the South unhappy with the Missouri Compromise?
Yes, since the wealthy Southern plantation owners did not invest their wealth earned from the sweat of their slaves’ backs – they had to expand into other territories or States or else their soon-to-be-outdated “Peculiar Institution” (and subordination of the races) would not have had much of a future in the United States. “Under the terms of the Compromise, slavery would be excluded in the future from any Louisiana Purchase territory north of Missouri’s southern border.” Then in 1847, came the Wilmot Proviso. “The Wilmot Proviso moved to exclude slavery from the acquired territory (California and Texas); it was approved by the House on August 8, 1846. The Senate adjourned without considering the matter. After a second approval by the House on February 1, 1847, the bill was rewritten by the Senate to exclude the amendment. The differences of opinion on slavery, presumably settled by the Missouri Compromise, were squarely back on the American agenda. The Wilmot Proviso simply turned the
