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It was the parallel that marked the Southern border of Missouri.
All the way to the Pacific, anywhere North of that line was free soil.
This was meant to settle the slavery argument in respect of new states.
Both sides were equally dissatisfied with this solution - but 'equally' was the point. It kept the balance, and it kept the peace for thirty years.
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Why did some northerners object to dividing the nebraska territory in two?
It would allow slavery to spread north of the line established by the Missouri compromise. - Novanet
What is the name of the invisible line that separates slaved and free states?
The most correct line was the Missouri Compromise Line.
The wanted to extend the Missouri Compromise line all the way to the Pacific.?
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Missouri Compromise?
Congress orchestrated a two-part compromise, granting Missouri's request but also admitting Maine as a free state. It also passed an amendment that drew an imaginary line across the former Louisiana Territory, establishing a boundary between free and slave regions that remained the law of the land until it was negated by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
What did the Missouri Compromise say about the land below the 36 30 line?
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Which early compromise drew an imaginary slave line at 36 degrees north latitude to separate slave free states?
The Missouri compromise
How did the Missouri Compromise affect the Civil War?
The Missouri Compromise created the 36th parallel in the United States, the Mason Dixon Line. The Mason Dixon line was an imaginary line that divided the North and South. Any States above this imaginary line were slave free but any states below were still able to own slaves. This compromise caused the North and South to be divided, almost as two different countries.
What was the Missouri comformise?
A compromise in 1820 that drew an imaginary line. Above that line slavery was banned but below it slavery was legal and lasted until 1850.
Where did the Missouri Compromise Imaginary line run?
it ran across the border of Mexico
Who did the Missouri imaginary line?
Henry Clay.
How did Missouri became a state?
The Missouri compromise, which was agreed upon by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery parties of the United States, allowed to join the Union but no other slave states could be admitted above the 36'30'' parallel in the Louisiana Territory.
This decision nullified the Missouri compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was nullified by the new Compromise of 1850 - caused by the admission of California, which extended a long way on either side of the Missouri line, and rendered it obsolete.
What compromise drew a line of slavery at latitude 36 30?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Why did some northerners object to dividing the nebraska territory in two?
It would allow slavery to spread north of the line established by the Missouri compromise. - Novanet
What is the dividing line for Missouri Compromise?
Latitude 36, 30
Why did the northerners protest Douglas's plan to repeal The Missouri Compromise?
The northerners protests DouglasÕs plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because it would have made slavery legal in the northern territories. The Missouri Compromise had outlawed slavery in territories and new states above the Missouri Compromise line.
Which compromise would protect slavery south of the Missouri Compromise line?
The Missouri Compromise itself (1820). Also the very last compromise attempted before the outbreak of war (Crittenden) proposed that the Missouri Line could be re-established and extended all the way to the Pacific. It was this compromise that Lincoln rejected, because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
