There were several, of which the best was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 - drawing a line in the sand. Anything North of that parallel was free soil. It kept the peace for thirty years, and would have kept it a good deal longer, but the admission of California rendered it impractical.
The Missouri Compromise.
It was an attempt to simplify the debate, and draw a single line of latitude, as the parallel North of which slavery would be illegal.
It lasted 30 years, until the admission of California, which extended so far either side of the Missouri line that both sides claimed it.
It was replaced by another compromise which did not last.
The Missouri Compromise, which kept the peace for thirty years.
By drawing a line in the sand, and declaring slavery illegal anywhere North of the line, they were able to keep a balance of slave-states and free states for voting in Congress. It was the admission of California - too big to fit the terms of the Compromise - that forced them end it.
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
Give free slaves the right to vote immediately
Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850 briefly dampened the tensions surrounding slavery that existed between the North and the South. It included five different bills.
whether slavery would spread across the United States
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863 and the passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865 formally ended slavery in the United States, settling the issue temporarily.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery. It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the Louisiana Territory.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
slavery
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.
It paved the way for antislavery politics
The compromise of 1850