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Why did conflict rise when Missouri requested admission into the union?
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∙ 9y ago
The question of admitting Missouri to the United States divided the nation, because people argued if Missouri should be a slave state or a free state. Debate raged in Congress over a proposal to ban slavery in Missouri. Angry Southerners claimed that the Constitution did not give Congress the power to ban slavery. They worried that free states could form a majority in Congress and ban slavery altogether.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoIn the early 1800s, conflict did indeed arise in the national legislature-chambers of the United States when Missouri requested admission into the Union. As a slave-holding territory, Missouri would presumably enter the Union as yet another slave-holding state, which would lend additional strength to the already strong contingent of slave-holding states in the American South. Thus, Southern politicians shrewdly pushed for the admission of Missouri, while Northerners shrewdly sought to put up barriers to it.
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∙ 12y agoMissouri believed in slavery and wanted to come in as a slave state. This was a problem because the number of Senators is two per state; if Missouri had more senators that supported slavery, the votes would be unbalanced.
The government basically wanted a chance to have votes be more equally balanced. So, Missouri had to wait until Maine wanted to come in as a free state. That way, potential votes had a higher chance to stay even. It's called the Missouri Compromise.
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The question about Missouri's admission to the Union and how it was solved was called the?
Missouri compromise
What is the admission to Missouri union?
Missouri became the 24th state admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821.
Which state entered the Union at the same time Missouri did?
Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. Its admission to the Union balanced the simultaneous admission of Missouri as a slave state.
What is the Tallmadge Amendment?
The Tallmadge Amendment requested that the territory known as Missouri become a part of the Union. It also demanded that there be no slavery in Missouri if it was admitted to the Union.
What state was added to the Union in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri itself. IMPROVEMENT The State of Maine, to balance the number of Free States and Slave States after the admission of Missouri as Slave State in the Union.
Congress solved the problem created by Missouri's admission to the Union by?
admitting Maine to balance the slave issue ( answer for A + )
The case that invalidated Missouri compromise?
The admission of California into the Union. It extended too far either side of the Missouri line to satisfy either side.
What settled the conflict surrounding Missouri entering the union?
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What side was Missouri on during the civil war?
It remained loyal to the Union, and that is why Lincoln allowed slavery to continue there. But it was a badly divided state, with guerrilla warfare continuing throughout the conflict.
In order to solve the debate over Missouri's admission to the Union Henry Clay proposed that?
A sensible compromise, whereby Missouri would be allowed to join the Union as a slave-state, but after that there would be no slavery allowed, North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border, in any of the territories acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
Which state's admission to the union ignited a great political debate over the issue of slavery?
You could be referring to Missouri in 1819/20 or California in 1850.
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settle conflicts between the North and South over?
it caused slavery to expand in to the north.
