As your review the sections titled, THE SECTIONAL DEBATE and THE CRISIS OF THE 1850s (attached) , consider these questions:
How was each section of the country impacted by the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision?
Which section did this Act and decision seem to favor?
How did northerners react?
Closely examine the map SLAVE AND FREE TERRITORIES UNDER THE COMPROMISE OF 1850, available on this link, and it can also be viewed in your textbook.
LINK: https://mycourses.mdc.edu/AngelUploads/Content/723509/Lamarre%20Course%20Images/SlaveandFreeTerritoriesMap.jpg
Gather this information:
Identify the 15 slave states and 15 free states.
What areas remain open to slavery?
Based on the informatin that you have gathered, as far as the expansion of slavery is concerned, did the South gain or lose from the Compromise of 1850?