The Missouri Compromise agreed to admit Missouri as a slave-holding state, and at the same time agreed to admit Maine as a non-slave-holding state. It also entailed that no states above the latitudinal line 36°30' would be admitted as a slave-holding state, promoting a Congressional balance of power.
The three conditions were: to admit Missouri as a free state, to admit Missouri statehood as a slave state where slavery was to be prohibited north of the 36th parallel in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase, Maine a part of Massachusetts was to be admitted as a free state.
They gained Missouri as a slave holding state as well as the land below the 36°30' parallel known as the Arkansas Territory. They lost the chance to admit more slave holding states besides what they owned in the small territory due to the Missouri Compromise Line.
Both sides had to make a major concession. The South agreed to admit California as free soil. (It was too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise). The North agreed to employ official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways. This new law backfired badly, causing much sympathy for fugitive slaves.
Senator Jesse Thomas of Illinois then proposed the so-called Thomas Proviso: If the north would admit Missouri as a slave state, the South would agree to outlaw slavery above a line extending from the southern border of Missouri to spanish territtory. The Thomas Proviso did pass.
The United States Congress has the power to admit new states.
The solution that emerged in the Missouri Compromise was to admit Missouri as a slave state. Every other territory north of the 36 degree 30 minutes north parallel line was to be admitted as a free state where slavery was prohibited.
The solution that emerged in the Missouri Compromise was to admit Missouri as a slave state. Every other territory north of the 36 degree 30 minutes north parallel line was to be admitted as a free state where slavery was prohibited.
Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
The Missouri Compromise dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territory (previously known as the Louisiana Territory).
The issue was slavery -- should slavery be allowed in the new state of Missouri? The compromise was to admit Missouri as a slave state and to admit Maine as a free state at the same time, thereby keeping a balance of slave and free states. IMPROVEMENT. Furthermore the Compromise stated that for the future, no other slave state had to be established north of a line represented by the parallel 36° 30', coinciding with the southern boundary of Missouri.
The three conditions were: to admit Missouri as a free state, to admit Missouri statehood as a slave state where slavery was to be prohibited north of the 36th parallel in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase, Maine a part of Massachusetts was to be admitted as a free state.
The decision of whether to admit the new South Western territories to the Union as slave-states or free soil. The Compromise allowed no new slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
The impasse was resolved when Maine separated from Massachusetts and applied for statehood. A compromise, supported by Henry Clay, was proposed and accepted by both sides. This compromise, known as the Missouri Compromise, provided for the admittance of Missouri as a slave state and the admittance of Maine as a free state, thereby preserving the balance of power. In addition, the North was able to hold its position that Congress should determine the expansion of slavery into the territories by including a provision that forbade slavery forever in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36o 30' parallel.So the three main components of the Missouri Compromise are;1) admit Missouri as a slave state2) admit Maine as a free state3) forbid slavery north of 36o 30' in the Louisiana Purchase
They gained Missouri as a slave holding state as well as the land below the 36°30' parallel known as the Arkansas Territory. They lost the chance to admit more slave holding states besides what they owned in the small territory due to the Missouri Compromise Line.
How long did it take Congress to admit Missouri as a state?
1.Maine would separate from and be admitted as a free state; 2.Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state; and 3.The remaining territory of the Louisianna Purchase, which lay north of the 36-30 parallel, would be closed off to slavery.
Yes, Missouri was admitted to the United States in 1821. Missouri was the 24th state out of the 50 states we now have.