The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
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 allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the United States. Maine would be a free states, while Missouri would be a slave state.
Missouri. It was allowed to join the USA as a slave state, on condition that there would be no more slavery North of a line fixed by Missouri's Southern border. This compromise lasted well enough, until the admission of California made it impractical.
The Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854 negated the 1850 Missouri Compromise. The most disturbing result of this legislation was a bloody conflict in Kansas between pro slavery people and anti slavery people.
Slavery was abolished in this area as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
The Missouri Compromise primarily involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
Maine. Missouri would enter as a slave state, and rest of the Louisiana Territory latitude 36o30' slavery was prohibited.
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.
It 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.
Missouri. It was allowed to join the USA as a slave state, on condition that there would be no more slavery North of a line fixed by Missouri's Southern border. This compromise lasted well enough, until the admission of California made it impractical.
The Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854 negated the 1850 Missouri Compromise. The most disturbing result of this legislation was a bloody conflict in Kansas between pro slavery people and anti slavery people.
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.
Missouri & Maine. APEX.
It became a state as a result of the 1820 Missouri Compromise.