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
why was the Missouri compromise written?
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.