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What agreement set the boundary of free and slave states at the 36 30 parallel?
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Which parallel made the slave states and the free states?
The Missouri Compromise (1820) settled on the parallel 36 degrees 30 minutes. North of that line, there could be no new slave-states.
The comprimises of 1820 and 1850 dealt with?
admitting equal number of free and slave states
What factors led to the Missouri Compromise and what were its main provisions?
The Missouri Compromise occurred due to disagreement over whether territories admitted to the Union should be admitted as slave states or free states. Under the terms of the agreement, a line was drawn across all territories that were part of the Louisiana Territory at latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes North, and all territories north of that boundary line with the exception of Missouri were to be free of slavery. In order to balance the number of free and slave states with the admission of Missouri as a slave state, the northern portion of Massachusetts was separated to become the State of Maine.
How many slave states were there in 1837?
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
Why was Mason Dixon more than a boundary line?
The Mason-Dixon line divided the North from the South, the free states from the slave states. The south, in memory of this division, is still sometimes referred to as "Dixie".
Agreement between slave and non-slave states?
There was no agreement only the Civil War
Which parallel made the slave states and the free states?
The Missouri Compromise (1820) settled on the parallel 36 degrees 30 minutes. North of that line, there could be no new slave-states.
What battle happened during the compromise of 1850?
It was an agreement that would make the non slave states and the slave states balenced
What did the Bill of rights say about slavery?
they made an agreement. there was acertian degrees to slave states and free states. the nourth is the free states and the south is the slave states.
True or false The Missouri Compromise forbid the expansion of slavery west of the Mississippi?
False. The Missouri Compromise was meant to lay down the boundary for the new states. Anywhere North of that parallel was free soil. South of it could be slave-states.
What was enacted in 1820 to keep a balance between slave states and free states?
the Missouri Compromise
What called for the legalization of slavery in territories south of 36 30.?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 called for the legalization of slavery in territories south of the 36°30′ parallel. This agreement allowed for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in Congress between slave and free states.
As part of the 1820 Compromise two states were admitted to the Union?
Missouri was admitted as a slave state, but no more slave states would be allowed anywhere North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
Why did congress choose 36 degrees 30 as the boundary between the free states and slave states west of Mississippi river?
This latitude followed the Southern border of the new state of Missouri. It was taken as the parallel that would mark the divide between slave-states and free soil, in the rest of the lands acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. It kept the peace for thirty years, until the huge territories acquired from Mexico rendered it obsolete.
Do The Missouri Compromise of 1820 made slavery illegal in all states north of a specific geographical boundary?
Yes. It was Missouri's Southern border that became the parallel.
The comprimises of 1820 and 1850 dealt with?
admitting equal number of free and slave states
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.
