The territory was so large that it straddled the Missouri line - the parallel that divided slave states from free soil in the West.
If it could have been divided into North and South California, the war might have been avoided.
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
Maine and Missouri were admitted to the Union as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Henry Clay was the one who drafted the compromise of 1850 and the Missouri compromise of 1820.
Missouri Compromise
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Maine and Missouri were admitted to the Union as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
Henry Clay was the one who drafted the compromise of 1850 and the Missouri compromise of 1820.
Missouri Compromise
March 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise was passed on March 3, 1820. It was a bill that temporarily resolved the first major political clash between slavery and anti slavery interests.