The Missouri Compromise that provided:
- Missouri State would be a Slave State;
- for the future, in the remaining territory obtained through the Louisiana Purchase, no Slave State would have been made north of a line represented by the parallel 36 ° 30 ', coincident with the southern boundary of Missouri.
- it was also established that along the Missouri would be admitted a new state, the Maine, which balanced the number of Free States with that of Slave States.
the Missouri Compromise
The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.
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Missouri Compromise
The balance between slave-states and free states, so that neither side would dominate Congress.
The western expansion of slavery and the balance between slave and free states in the Senate
Missouri Compromise
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.
In the United States, the events leading up to the ratification of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, was a sure indicator that the nation was becoming divided. The Compromise was enacted to keep the balance between slave and free States in balance.
missouri comprimise
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the Missouri Compromise
a balance between free and slave states.
The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.
1820
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The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.
Missouri Compromise