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The balance between slave-states and free states, so that neither side would dominate Congress.

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Q: What essential question involved in The Missouri Compromise?
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The question about Missouri's admission to the Union and how it was solved was called the?

Missouri compromise


What did the Missouri compromise do for the country?

The Missouri compromise was one of the many ways the boundaries of America grew. The compromise admitted Missouri as a state and also brought the question of slavery to the forefront of many minds.


What areas did the Missouri compromise NOT apply to?

This is a weird question ... nearly anything might NOT be part of the compromise. So ... a pitcher of iced tea was NOT part of the Missouri compromise.


What state was admitted with Arkansas as a state because of the Missouri Compromise?

The question itself is wrong. The Missouri Compromise made Missouri and Maine states. Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.


For a time the Missouri Compromise settled the slavery question?

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and established a boundary prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36°30' in the Louisiana Territory. However, it only temporarily appeased tensions over slavery and ultimately failed to resolve the issue, leading to further conflicts such as the Civil War.


The Missouri Compromise of 1850 resulted in what events?

Answer this question… California became a free state.


For a time did the Missouri Compromise settle the slavery question?

It established what lands were considered free states.


What are the advantages and disadvantages of The Missouri Compromise?

An advantage to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was that slavery would not be permitted in the territory that is now the state of Missouri. A disadvantage to the Missouri Compromise was that people who believed in slavery in the South could not move north to gain more land and keep their slaves.


What are the cons of the Missouri compromise?

Good question! The North benefited from the Missouri Compromise, because they received another state in the North (Maine) that did not allow slavery (because the North didn't like slavery.) The South benefited from the Missouri Compromise, because they received another southern state (Missouri) that was capable of having slaves. This way, both the North and the South had an equal amount of 12 Northern states and 12 Southern states.


How did US Senator Stephen A Douglas characterize the Missouri Compromise of 1850?

Senator Stephen A. Douglas put forth the argument that if the Missouri Compromise of 1850 really was a compromise, it had to put forward a consistent principle. If it did not then it was not a compromise, but instead a modus vivendi arrangement. The main problem of this characterization is that Douglas was asking a rhetorical question. Douglas was the one to know inasmuch as he helped put it together.


Which compromise is overturned by the thirteenth amendment?

I don't understand the question fully. I guess the Missouri Compromise which stated that one state (Missouri) would be a slave state and the other (Maine) would be free was overturned by the 13th amendment seeing as slavery was abolished across the entire United States of America. I guess that sort of answers your question.


What did the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 do?

both the Missouri compromise of 1820 and the compromise of 1850 settled conflicts between the north and the south over