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What two stated were admitted to the union as part of the Missouri Compromise?

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.


What stated that California was a free state and the southwest could decide if they wanted slavery before the civil war?

The Compromise of 1850. California was admitted as a free state, and the New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Arizona territories were all allowed to decide by popular sovereignty if they would be admitted as free or slave states. The compromise also included the Fugitive Slave Act.


How did the compromise of 1850 affect California?

It allowed California to join the USA as free soil. But to get this law passed, Congress had to make a big show of appeasing the South by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, which was enormously unpopular in the North, arousing new interest in Abolitionism.


What state entered the us in 1820 as a slave state?

The state that entered the US in 1820 as a slave state was Missouri. This was resulting from the Missouri Compromise, or otherwise known as the Compromise of 1820. This compromise stated that slavery in the Louisiana Territory and north of the 36°30' line was all free. Since Missouri was admitted as a free state, Maine was admitted as a free state in order to create an equal balance of free to slave states.


What compromise stated that slaves would count as part of a person for taxes and representation compromise stated that slaves would count as part of a person for taxes and representation?

I think it was the 3/5th compromise


What was the compromise that had Missouri enter the union as a slave state?

The compromise of 1820 allowed the state of Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state in exhange for Maine entering as a free state. The compromise also stated that any state west of the Mississippi River would enter as a free state.


Was the compromise of 1850 called the Missouri Compromise?

No. The Missouri Compromise was in 1820 after Missouri entered the union as as slave state. To keep the Senate balanced, Maine was admitted as a free state. The final agreement stated that no slave states could enter the Union above the southern border of Missouri, which is mostly 36° 30' degrees N latitude.


Which compromise stated that a black man was a certain percent of a white man?

Three-Fifths Compromise


Where was the compromise originally stated in the Constitution?

in the house of representatives


What were the provisions of the the Missouri compromise?

1. It admitted Maine as a free state 2. It admitted Missouri as a slave state 3. It established the 36 30 line which stated that any state above the line would be free and any state below it will be slave (It is later repealed)


What was Henry Clay major role in 1820?

He created the Compromise of 1850. Which called for four things: 1. California was admitted to the Union as a free state. 2. The rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah. People in these territories would decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery. 3. The slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C. 4. Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law. This law stated that people in the free states had to help find and capture fugitive, or escaped, slaves.


What Stated that Kansas and Nebraska would be admitted to the Union on the basis of popular sovereignty?

They were part of the Missouri Compromise. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.