The Earth is a sphere and while we divide it into North and south, it is largely symmetrical and therefore can not be out of balance.
the 38th parallel
the proviso would upset the balance of power between the north and the south
by the Missouri Compromise
by the Missouri Compromise
What did the southerners threaten with
the Missouri compromise
boner
yes. Maine was added for the north.
the proviso would upset the balance of power between the north and the south
the proviso would upset the balance of power between the north and the south
Break away, because the North would inevitably use their majority in the House to pass laws in their own favour, at the expense of the South.
The Missouri compromises reserved the balance over the issue of slavery between the North and the South. This ended with the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which gave citizens in a territory the right to vote on the slavery issue.