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In what ways do you think the Missouri Compromise and the nullification crisis of 1832 might be considered important milestones in American history?

Think about:
- the expansion of slavery into the West
- Calhoun's nullification theory
- Jackson's reaction to South Carolina's actions

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talkingturkey
Both the Missouri Compromise and the Nullification Crisis of 1832 were important milestones in American history because these events resolved issues that may have waged a war between the North and South states of America.

The Missouri Compromised ensured that there is balance between the pro-slave states and anti-slave states. 

The Nullification Crisis of 1832 is an example of how sovereign states exerted their power in declaring Congress's laws as unconstitutional. It further proves that the United States Constitution supercedes over laws passed by congress. 
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The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The Missouri Compromise and the Nullification Crisis of 1832 might be considered important milestones in American history for the role they represented in the actions mentioned above and the part they played at the beginning of the American Civil War.

The United States Congress passed the legislation that authorized Missouri to be part of the Union in 1820 as a slave state, and at the same time, accepted Main as a non-slave state. The Missouri Compromise ended with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.

President Jackson issued the proclamation of nullification on December 10, 1832. South Carolina wanted to nullify federal law, due to the Tariff Acts of 1832 and 1835. Then, Congress passed the Force Act that authorized the President the use of the troops in those states that opposed the Tariff Acts.

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