By keeping a balance between slave states and free states, so that neither side would be automatically outvoted in Congress.
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.
Missouri Compromise
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
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Missouri Compromise
1820
The 1820 Missouri Compromise was put in place by Congress in order to maintain the balance between slave States and non slave States. Senator Henry Clay was one of the key politicians in formulated the Compromise.
The 1820 Missouri Compromise was put in place by Congress in order to maintain the balance between slave States and non slave States. Senator Henry Clay was one of the key politicians in formulated the 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.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise was in 1820
1820
The Mississippi Compromise was passed in 1820 to resolve the ever-growing problem of maintaining the balance between free and slave states in the United States.
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
A series of compromises, starting with the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
compromise of 1820