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The Mexican-American War. In particular, the admission of California made the Missouri Compromise unworkable.
The Mexican-American War. In particular, the admission of California made the Missouri Compromise unworkable.
The Mexican-American War, and the acquisition by the USAof extensive new territories in the West.
No, James Polk was not associated with the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820, before Polk's political career began. Polk served as the 11th President of the United States from 1845 to 1849 and was known for his expansionist policies during the Mexican-American War.
War with Great Britain, Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, Mexican-American War
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be entered as a slave state. It also made it possible to create a clear line as to how the North and South states could be divided. The admittance of the state of California was the point at which the Missouri Compromise could not longer be utilized for this purpose.
It affected the enormous territory acquired from Mexico (the Mexican Cession) following the Mexican-American War (1846-48). Under the Missouri Compromise (1820), slavery would be allowed in the territories and future states south of 36° 30' N latitude.
The Missouri Compromise only affected those territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. After the Mexican War, the vast new territories like California did not fall under the provisions of the Compromise.
No new slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. But this only applied to the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. After the Mexican War, a new compromise had to be worked out.
There was no Civil War while the Missouri Compromise was in force. It kept the peace for thirty years. It was the debate over the admission of California, following the Mexican War, that made the Missouri Compromise inoperable (because the new state extended so far on either side of the line) and a new Compromise had to be worked out. This one did not last.
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the compromise of 1850