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The Missouri Compromise was necessary for deciding the status of the enormous territory added to the USA by the Louisiana Purchase. It was needed to determine which new states would be slave-states, and which ones would be free soil.
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∙ 13y agoTo decide which of the new states brought into the USA by the Louisiana Purchase would be slave-states and which would be free soil.
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∙ 13y agoDisagreements about the amount of slavery to be permitted in the vast new lands acquired by the Louisiana Purchase.
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Why was Benjamin lundy so important?
He was important because he was a famous writer and he helped end slavery in Missouri By creating the Missouri Compromise.
What areas did the Missouri compromise NOT apply to?
This is a weird question ... nearly anything might NOT be part of the compromise. So ... a pitcher of iced tea was NOT part of the Missouri compromise.
What was the relationship between the dred scott case and The Missouri Compromise?
The Supreme Court verdict in the Dred Scott case declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union. So this invalidated both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 reach its compromise?
How the Missouri Compromise of 1820 reached its compromise is that they realized that Main was neither of the two .It wasn't a slave state nor was it a free state so they decided that Maine should be a free state because of its environment with all the factories and that Missouri should be a slave state because of its large plantations.
What was the Missouri compromise designed to settle?
it was designed to stop the unbalance of the union(the US). It alloweed there to be an equal # of slave state=s and free state so that the power remained equal in the nation and in congress.
Why was Benjamin lundy so important?
He was important because he was a famous writer and he helped end slavery in Missouri By creating the Missouri Compromise.
What areas did the Missouri compromise NOT apply to?
This is a weird question ... nearly anything might NOT be part of the compromise. So ... a pitcher of iced tea was NOT part of the Missouri compromise.
Why was Kansas so important to the south?
Kansas was so important to the south since it opened the slavery territory. The south was losing its political détente and needed the numbers to get the Missouri Compromise.
Did The Missouri Compromise include missouri?
Yes, is included Missouri, it was the balance between Missouri and Maine so there would be a free state (Maine) and a slave state. (Missouri)
What was the relationship between the dred scott case and The Missouri Compromise?
The Supreme Court verdict in the Dred Scott case declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union. So this invalidated both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 reach its compromise?
How the Missouri Compromise of 1820 reached its compromise is that they realized that Main was neither of the two .It wasn't a slave state nor was it a free state so they decided that Maine should be a free state because of its environment with all the factories and that Missouri should be a slave state because of its large plantations.
Why did the compromises the union made fail to keep the nation together?
The Missouri Compromise did keep the nation together, but after the Mexican war, the nation got bigger! A new compromise had to be worked out, and this one didn't succeed.Part of it was theFugitive Slave Act, which aroused Abolitionist sympathies in the North, so the prospect of new slave-states was more remote than ever, and the South had more reason to secede.
What was the Missouri compromise designed to settle?
it was designed to stop the unbalance of the union(the US). It alloweed there to be an equal # of slave state=s and free state so that the power remained equal in the nation and in congress.
What are the problems that led to the compromise of 1850?
The forthcoming admission of California as a state of the Union - it was too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise, so a new compromise had to be worked out.
In the Missouri Compromise What did Maine have to do before Missouri was granted statehood?
Maine would have to join as a free state so Missouri could become a slave state.
What was line for The Missouri Compromise?
Missouri wanted to be a slave state so to the balance of the states Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state
What was the impact of the civil war after The Missouri Compromise?
There was no Civil War while the Missouri Compromise was in force. It kept the peace for thirty years. It was the debate over the admission of California, following the Mexican War, that made the Missouri Compromise inoperable (because the new state extended so far on either side of the line) and a new Compromise had to be worked out. This one did not last.
