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When the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase came up for statehood, there was a fierce debate over which ones would be slave-states and which would be free soil.
Owing to the Abolitionist movement, it was getting harder to create new slave-states, and the South felt that if Congress was dominated by free states, it would pass legislation that favoured Northern interests at the expense of Southern ones.
The Missouri Compromise drew a line in the sand - the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border - and declared that slavery would be illegal anywhere North of this line.
This sensible deal kept the peace for thirty years.
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What considedrations prompted the Missouri compromise and why did it fail?
why was the Missouri compromise written?
What was the time period of the Missouri compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
Who proposed the Missouri compromise?
Jefferson Davis proposed the Missouri compromise.
What statesmen was the most instrumental in The Missouri Compromise?
Thomas Jefferson started the Missouri Compromise
How was the balance of power between the north and south preserved?
the Missouri compromise
Henry clay's compromise became known as what?
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is the correct chronological order of these eventsCompromise of 1850, Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise,Emancipation Proclamation?
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
How can you make a sentence with Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
The question about Missouri's admission to the Union and how it was solved was called the?
Missouri compromise
What considedrations prompted the Missouri compromise and why did it fail?
why was the Missouri compromise written?
What was the time period of the Missouri compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
What compromise lead to the civil war?
the Missouri compromise, the 3/5 compromise, and the compromise of 1850 no it was thethe Missouri compromise, the 3/5 compromise, and the compromise of 1850
Were did the Missouri compromise happen?
missouri missouri
Henry Clays compromise became known as?
The Maine, Missouri, Clay's, or Henry's compromise
The Missouri compromise determined that Missouri could become a state if?
the Missouri compromise determined that Missouri could become a state if
Who supported the Missouri Compromise?
Abraham Lincoln supported the Missouri compromise :p
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act go against?
The Missouri Compromise
