It admitted Maine, the northern region of what was then Massachusetts, into the Union as a separate (free) state.
The reason this was done was to balance the number of "slave states" and "free states." This only occurred as a result of a compromise involving slavery in Missouri, and in the federal territories of the American west.
Massachusetts was split into two free sates.
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
The Maine, Missouri, Clay's, or Henry's compromise
The Missouri Compromise
No. The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave-state, on condition that there would be no more slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
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The Missouri Compromise drew a clear line as to how the US could be divided in terms of slave and free states were defined. This had a big effect on the overall demographics of the country as a whole.
It admitted Maine, the northern region of what was then Massachusetts, into the Union as a separate (free) state. The reason this was done was to balance the number of "slave states" and "free states." This only occurred as a result of a compromise involving slavery in Missouri, and in the federal territories of the American west.
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
In 1820, a portion of Massachusetts became the state of Maine. This was part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which allowed Missouri to enter the US as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri (slave) and Maine, as a seceded part of Massachusetts (free)
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
Missouri compromise
the Missouri compromise, the 3/5 compromise, and the compromise of 1850 no it was thethe Missouri compromise, the 3/5 compromise, and the compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.