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The whole issue that drove the Missouri Compromise was the admission of Maine to the Union as a 'free' state. In the deal that Henry Clay cobbled together in Feb-Mar 1820, Maine would be admitted as a 'free' state and Missouri as a 'slave' state thus maintaining a balance. At about the same time (May 1820) Congress made foreign slave trading an act of piracy.
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What compromise ensured there would be the same number of slave states and free states in the us?
The Missouri compromise.
The Missouri Compromise dealt with what?
The Missouri Compromise dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territory (previously known as the Louisiana Territory).
Was there a special event happening at the same time as the Halifax explosion?
No
What was the name of the territory closed to slavery by the Missouri compromise?
Maine became a state where slavery was forbidden at the same time that Missouri became a slave state.
How did opposing views on slavery lead to the Missouri compromise?
James Tallmadge offered an amendment that forbade further introduction of slaves into Missouri in 1819. The US Senate refused to concur with the amendment. The House passed a bill allowing Missouri into the union as a slave state in 1820. In the same year, the Missouri Compromise passed in the US Congress.
What was happening at the same time the Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question?
South Carolina was voting to secede
What was the issue with Missouri and what and was the compromise?
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.
What is live TV coverage of an event?
Live coverage of an event means that what is viewed on the TV at home, is also happening at the same time at the event.
Who was the sister state to Missouri due to the compromise?
Missouri was admitted as a slave state at (about) the same time Maine was admitted as a free state. So Maine is probably the answer you're looking for.
The solution that emerged in the Missouri compromise was to admit Missouri as?
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.
Missouri compermise of 1820?
There were two Missouri compromises. The one in 1820 determined the slave/free status of new states within the territory acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. The second one, the Compromise of 1850 did the same thing for the territories acquired from Mexico after the Mexican war.
What was happening at the same time that Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question?
South Carolina was voting to secede at the same time that Crittenden was pushing a compromise to settle the slavery question.
