Popular sovereignty. And by any chance, are you asking this because of a social studies map pack?
Through popular sovereignty
The chose a latitude line and decided that South of that line would have slavery and it would be illegal north of the line. Missouri was the exception. It was not a permanent fix, but it worked for a few decades.
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The American Colonization Society was intent on helping African Americans re-settle in Africa.
The Missouri Compromise helped settle some of the tension.
It intensified the debate by promising to tighten up the Fugitive Slave Act. This made the slavery more emotive to Northerners, who regarded the fugitives as victims of persecution, and helped the Abolitionist cause.
Stephen Douglas proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing territories to vote on whether to allow slavery. He believed this would settle the issue by letting the people in each territory decide for themselves.
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The chose a latitude line and decided that South of that line would have slavery and it would be illegal north of the line. Missouri was the exception. It was not a permanent fix, but it worked for a few decades.
South Carolina was voting to secede at the same time that Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question.
Russia would pull the missiles out of Cuba.
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