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How did The Missouri Compromise and the compromise of 1850 deal with the admission of new states?
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Congress was trying to keep the South from breaking away to form a separate nation, taking the valuable cotton revenues with them.
The compromises were aimed at appeasing the South by passing a few laws in their interest.
The Missouri Compromise (following the Louisiana Purchase) looked like a simple and sensible agreement - take the Southern border of Missouri as the reference-point, and all new territories North of this parallel would have to be free soil. But the Abolitionist movement was gaining influence in Congress, and the issue of new slave-states was causing great controversy.
By the time of the Compromise of 1850 (following the annexation of the huge Mexican territories), it was not that simple. California extended so far North and South of the parallel that both sides claimed it. The compromise ruled that California would be free soil, on condtion that certain other territories were admitted as slave-states, and the Fugitive Slave Law was toughened up. This last provision was highly emotive and significantly raised the temperature of the debate.
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What kept the balance between slave and free states in 1820?
Missouri Compromise
What balance were the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 designed to protect?
Balancing of slave and free states.
What two states entered the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the United States. Maine would be a free states, while Missouri would be a slave state.
What did the Missouri Compromise prevent?
The Missouri Compromise helped prevent the civil war by equalling the power in between free states(NORTH)and slave states(SOUTH)
What two states where admitted to union as part of the Missouri compromise?
Maine and Missouri were admitted to the Union as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
What state was added to the Union in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri itself. IMPROVEMENT The State of Maine, to balance the number of Free States and Slave States after the admission of Missouri as Slave State in the Union.
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settle conflicts between the North and South over?
it caused slavery to expand in to the north.
How many slave states were there after the Missouri compromise?
There were 12 slave states after the Missouri Compromise and 12 free states.
What was the name for the compromise proposed by Henry Clay for the admission of Missouri to the US and what did it say?
The name for the compromise proposed by Henry Clay for the admission of Missouri to the United States was the Missouri Compromise. It said that Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It kept the balance of power in the Senate between the slave states and free states. It also called for slavery to be banned from the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36˚ 30', Missouri's southern border.
Who engineered The Missouri Compromise?
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
What kept the balance between slave and free states in 1820?
Missouri Compromise
What legislation held out the hope that pairing the admission of free and slave states together would quiet the dispute over the expansion of slavery?
All the Compromises were issued with this aim - the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the last-minute Crittenden Compromise.
What legislation held out the hope that pairing the admission of free and slaves states together would quiet the dispute over the expansion of slavery?
All the Compromises were issued with this aim - the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the last-minute Crittenden Compromise.
What legislation held out the hope of pairing the admission of free slave states together would quiet the dispute over the expansion of slavery?
All the Compromises were issued with this aim - the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the last-minute Crittenden Compromise.
What two new new states were admitted by The Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise allowed two new states to be admitted. The two states that were admitted are Maine and Missouri.
What did the the Missouri Compromise do?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a compromise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Congress agreeing to prohibit slavery in states north of the parallel 36°30' north except in the state of Missouri. Additionally, the state of Maine was allowed to join the Union as a free state. This compromise was passed due to concerns of the creation of the state of Missouri destroying the delicate balance between slave states and free states in Congress.
Did The Missouri Compromise cause the southern states to leave the union?
No. The Compromise allowed the Missouri territory to join the USA as a slave-state. The condition was that there should be no more new slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. This represented a clear 'line in the sand' that kept the peace for thirty years, until the admission of California made the Compromise inoperable.
