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No. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed slavery in those parts of the Louisiana Purchase that were South of the line. North of the line, it was illegal. This simple and sensible compromise kept the peace for thirty years.
Missouri itself - and after that, any of the other territories acquired by the Louisiana Purchase that were South of Missouri's Southern border, that was 36, 30.
Missouri was allowed to join the USA as a slave-state. Other territories within the Louisiana Purchase, south of Latitude 36.30, could also join as slave-states.
The Missouri Compromise addressed slavery in the Arkansas and unorganized territory of the Great Plains. Slavery was prohibited in all of these areas, except within the boundaries of Missouri.
In 1820, the famous Missouri Compromise among American political leaders at the national level of government left most of the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase territory free of slavery. In a bid to maintain balance among slave-holding and anti-slavery states, the Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave-holding state, with areas south of Missouri also granted slave-holding privileges. The vast remainder of the Louisiana Territory was designated as 'slavery-free.'
No. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed slavery in those parts of the Louisiana Purchase that were South of the line. North of the line, it was illegal. This simple and sensible compromise kept the peace for thirty years.
The Missouri Compromise affected the area in the former Louisiana Territory, except within the boundaries of the state of Missouri. It was a compromise that prohibited slavery within the territory.
Missouri itself - and after that, any of the other territories acquired by the Louisiana Purchase that were South of Missouri's Southern border, that was 36, 30.
The assurance that there would be no new slave-states North of the Missouri line.
Missouri was allowed to join the USA as a slave-state. Other territories within the Louisiana Purchase, south of Latitude 36.30, could also join as slave-states.
The Missouri Compromise, passed in 1820, allowed Missouri to enter the United States as a slave state, allowed Maine to enter as a free state, and limited slavery in the territories of the Louisiana Purchase to land south of 36°30' N.
The Missouri Compromise addressed slavery in the Arkansas and unorganized territory of the Great Plains. Slavery was prohibited in all of these areas, except within the boundaries of Missouri.
In 1820, the famous Missouri Compromise among American political leaders at the national level of government left most of the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase territory free of slavery. In a bid to maintain balance among slave-holding and anti-slavery states, the Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave-holding state, with areas south of Missouri also granted slave-holding privileges. The vast remainder of the Louisiana Territory was designated as 'slavery-free.'
Everywhere West of Missouri. The line of latitude at Missouri's Southern border was taken as the dividing line. North of that line, slavery was illegal. South of it, slavery could be practised.
1. Missouri and Maine became states. 2. part of the Mason-Dixon line, the line that separated the North and the South, was established. 3. This compromise kept the balance between free and slave states for 30 years.
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
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