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The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1820 was between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory.
The Missouri Compromise was reached between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions of the government. It restricted slavery in territories north of 36 degrees 30′ except in the state of Missouri.
It would allow slavery to spread north of the line established by the Missouri compromise. - Novanet
The Dred Scott Case completely nullified the Missouri Compromise. It ruled that slavery was protected under the 5th Amendment because slaves were property. The verdict was that slavery could not be outlawed in any territory.
Slavery had expanded into the Louisiana Territory in 1818, when the Missouri Compromise was declared by Henry Clay.
The Missouri Compromise dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territory (previously known as the Louisiana Territory).
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The Missouri Compromise affected the area in the former Louisiana Territory, except within the boundaries of the state of Missouri. It was a compromise that prohibited slavery within the territory.
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Missouri compromise
No. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed slavery in those parts of the Louisiana Purchase that were South of the line. North of the line, it was illegal. This simple and sensible compromise kept the peace for thirty years.
In 1820, the famous Missouri Compromise among American political leaders at the national level of government left most of the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase territory free of slavery. In a bid to maintain balance among slave-holding and anti-slavery states, the Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave-holding state, with areas south of Missouri also granted slave-holding privileges. The vast remainder of the Louisiana Territory was designated as 'slavery-free.'
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery north of the 36°30' parallel in the Louisiana Territory. This line separated free and slave territories in the territory acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
The Missouri Compromise addressed slavery in the Arkansas and unorganized territory of the Great Plains. Slavery was prohibited in all of these areas, except within the boundaries of Missouri.
The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.