Assignment Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. Response The paradox in assessing the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery is that they wanted to stop the spread of slavery because they saw it as a social horror, but yet benefited from the effects of slavery, such as racial superiority. Those opposed to slavery saw it as a social evil and very hypocritical to the American way of freedom and liberty. This cannot be mistaken for them wishing for social equality. They did not want social equality at all, because in the West, North, and South, slavery benefitted all White people, or those with the legislative authority to legalize slavery. All white people benefitted, from the notion of white superiority and other racist thoughts derived from slavery. White superiority allowed for a more equal white class, rather than human race living within America. The moral arguments made by those opposed to the spread of slavery were similar in both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. That being that slavery is a paradox, to be able to boast liberty and freedom among white citizens, it must deprive black people of liberty and freedom entirely. The political actions in the two events, however, were different and similar all at the same time. Both were compromises in order to deal with the issue of slavery later, however, were different in which lands were being debated over. More than just political and moral parts, there was a strong cultural component to the arguments made by those opposed to the spread of slavery that was similar in the context of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. The moral arguments made by those opposed to the spread of slavery for both incidences were similar, because they typically included slavery as being hypocritical to a country boasting liberty, as well as the many horrors of slavery. In the Missouri Compromise, legislators such as Congressman James Tallmadge pushed for Missouri to enter as a free state, and emancipate all existing bonds-people of Missouri. The moral issues with slavery grow over time. The moral arguments made against slavery in the Missouri Compromise were general and settled by admitting Maine as a free state to preserve the