3) One of the great challenges that the United States faced during the early national period was that of keeping slavery out of politics, an effort that finally failed with the outbreak of the Civil War. Nevertheless, there were periods between 1787 and 1860 when most people thought they had finally accomplished that. Discuss the following in your response:
How did the Constitution attempt to regulate slavery, and what did it fail to do?
What considerations prompted the Missouri Compromise, and why did it fail?
What considerations prompted the Compromise of 1850, and why did it fail?
(please answer in three paragraphs, at least five sentences each)
