Women took large part in the agitation.

It did not end with absorbing the laity.

The clergy were as profoundly concerned.

The power of the Church on both sides of the dividing-line was used with great effect in shaping public opinion and directing political action.
The Missouri Compromise was repealed in May.

Before the end of the year a large majority of the people of the North and a large majority of the people of the South were distinctly arrayed against each other on a question which touched the interest, the pride, the conscience, and the religion of all who were concerned in the controversy.