pansion of slavery, since there was no land left south of the 36-30 line; under the Missouri Compromise southern expansion was hampered by the existence of the Gulf of Mexico. As a result of the line being repealed, it was possible for slavery to exist in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska because of popular sovereignty. It was also thought that since Kansas was directly west of Missouri, a slave state, Kansas would also choose to become a slave state. The south also tricked the north into thinking they had gotten the better part of the deal because they were going to get the Union Pacific Railroad, but the north was unaware of the plan to build the Southern Pacific Railroad, which would benefit the south.There are very strong facts to show that the south was the greater benefactor in the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The benefits that the south reaped far outweigh those of the north. The possibility of the expansion now seemed like a much greater possibility than it had been before the Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act....
