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admitting Maine to balance the slave issue ( answer for A + )
Missouri & Maine. APEX.
The forthcoming admission of California as a state of the Union - it was too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise, so a new compromise had to be worked out.
The political balance between slave and free states as of 1819 was disturbed by the territory of Missouri's petition for admission to the Union as a slave state.
The compromise of 1850 was made to bring peace to the North and South. It was at the line of latitude below Missouri all the way to the East Coast.
Missouri compromise
Missouri became the 24th state admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821.
Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. Its admission to the Union balanced the simultaneous admission of Missouri as a slave state.
Missouri itself. IMPROVEMENT The State of Maine, to balance the number of Free States and Slave States after the admission of Missouri as Slave State in the Union.
admitting Maine to balance the slave issue ( answer for A + )
The admission of California into the Union. It extended too far either side of the Missouri line to satisfy either side.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state on August 10, 1821, after an agreement known as the Missouri Compromise in which Maine was admitted as a free state.In 1818, Missouri applied for statehood, but this was delayed because it was a Southern state that allowed slavery. By 1820, the controversy became a national issue as the issue of slavery was debated. The "Missouri Compromise" allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, thus keeping the balance of slave and free states equal in Congress. Although Missouri was allowed to enter as a slave state, the remaining portion of the Louisiana Purchase area, north of the 36° 30' line, was to be forever free of slavery.When the Civil War broke out, the Missouri legislature voted to secede and join the Confederacy. However by that time, the Union had taken control of the State capital. So Missouri officially remained a Union state.
Missouri & Maine. APEX.
A sensible compromise, whereby Missouri would be allowed to join the Union as a slave-state, but after that there would be no slavery allowed, North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border, in any of the territories acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
You could be referring to Missouri in 1819/20 or California in 1850.
it caused slavery to expand in to the north.
Maine. Missouri would enter as a slave state, and rest of the Louisiana Territory latitude 36o30' slavery was prohibited.