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I'm almost sure it was the Ohio, but that was only on the east side of the Mississippi.
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Were these border states free or slave states?
The "Border States" were slave states.
Why is the Ohio River important?
The Ohio river was important during the civil war. Since most of the states south of the river were slave states and most of the north states were free, many slave crossed the river to try and get freedom.The Tennessee river was a central component of one of the world's greatest irrigation and hydropower systems and a major waterway of the southeastern United States.
Was The admission of this state to the Union ended the balance of slave and free state?
California became a free state in 1850, ending the balance of free states and slave states. However, the slave states got a tougher fugitive slave law as a result of California's admission to the Union as a free state.
Why did Dred Scott claim that he became a freeman by entering the Louisiana Territory?
Because the Louisiana Territory wasn't divided into free or slave states yet.
What compromise in 1820 allowed a slave state into the United States when alternated with a free state?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed a slave state into the union when alternated with a free state. The compromise allowed Missouri to enter the US as a slave state and part of Massachusetts was divided to allow the entrance of Maine into the US as a free state.
What was the river that separated the free states and the slave states during the civil war?
The Potomac divided the Confederacy from the Union, although Maryland was a slave-state, and so was DC at the beginning. The Ohio River divided the slave-states from free soil.
How did it cause controversy?
How the land would be divided into slave states and free states.
What divided the northern free states from southern slave states?
The Mason &-Dickson line
What separated slave states from free states east of the Mississippi river?
The Mason-Dixon line
Which large river formed part of the border between free states and slave states at the time of the civil war?
The Mississippi River.
Which large river formed part of the border between free states and slave states at the time of the time of the Civil War?
The Ohio
Were these border states free or slave states?
The "Border States" were slave states.
What divided the free and slave states?
im pretty sure it was the Missouri compromise.
What was more densely populated slave or free states?
slave states
How many free and slave states were there?
15 slave states and 19 free states during the American Civil War
Why did congress not want the new states to be slave nor free states?
So the balance of slave to free states were equal in congress
Why did Congress choose 36 30'N as the boundary between the free states and slave states west of the Mississippi River?
It was the southern border of Missouri and was just south of the point where the Ohio River ends.
