Part one of term paper
One of the bitterest fruits of westward expansion was the intensification of the slavery extension issue. I support this statement. Westward expansion intensified the slavery extension issue like nothing else could have. It all began simply enough in 1787 when the Ordinance of 1787, better known as the Northwest Ordinance, was passed. The ...

Part two of term paper
... and future states governed by the bill. This didn't cause many problems because many people subscribed to the natural limit theory. Simply stated the theory said slaves = cotton or slaves = tobacco. Slavery was thought to be undesirable in areas where it was not applicable, thus slavery would contain itself by economics. Although this theory was popular it proves to be fantasy. This method of thinking and the Northwest Ordinance started our young country down the dark road that would en ...