The purpose of the Missouri compromise is that it kept the number of slave stats and the number of free stats equal.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
To settle the 1876 presidential election
to end an agruement about the territories
to increase the power of the southern states in congress.
Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850 was to keep the Union together.
to increase the power of the southern states in congress.
to increase the power of the southern states in congress.
To assure southerners that the government wouldn't interfere with the rights of slaveholders.
To settle the 1876 presidential election
Missouri would be admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
To end an argument about slavery in the territories (apex)
I think the appropriate quote is, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" Don't compromise your moral code to achieve a "greater" good.