False.
The Missouri Compromise was meant to lay down the boundary for the new states. Anywhere North of that parallel was free soil. South of it could be slave-states.
Southern plantation owners feared the Missouri Compromise would limit the expansion of slavery, and eventually the institution of slavery itself.
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
It prohibited slavery North of a certain parallel, but only in the territories brought in under the Louisiana Purchase. When the new Mexican territories came in, they needed a new compromise. That one did not hold.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise - No slavery North of the parallel 36.30
True
Missouri compromise
Slavery. It established a parallel, North of which slavery was illegal.
Missouri Compromise
Southern plantation owners feared the Missouri Compromise would limit the expansion of slavery, and eventually the institution of slavery itself.
They all Dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western lands
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery. It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the Louisiana Territory.
missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territory (previously known as the Louisiana Territory).
it didnt it made it worse
After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, slavery was legal in states that were south of the compromise line (36°30’ parallel), such as Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. This line permitted slavery in states below it while prohibiting it in states above it.