Why was allowing Missouri into the Union as a slave state an issue?

Answer 1

Because Senate was already 50% free states, 50% slave states, (11free/11slave) and adding Missouri as either a slave or free state would offset that balance and give more power to one side than to the other until Maine decided to want to be added as a free state, then Missouri came in as a slave state and therefore they wanted to keep the number even so the higher one wouldn't take over the other.

Answer 2

During this part of the nineteenth century, bitter strife between pro and anti-slavery groups had become very contentious. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. The country was divided at the latitudinal 36 30 line, making all states above it free, and all states below it slave.

Answer 3

Conflict arose because if it was admitted as a state, there would be more slave statesthan free states. Of course the slave states wanted it and the free states didn't. TheMissouri Compromise came about because of it, which allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, making it equal again.

Answer 4

Due to the recent statehood of Alabama (1819), the number of slave and free states were equal. If Missouri became a state, it would either be free or slave, throwing the balance in the Senate out of whack. Since Missouri was to be a slave state, it would mean that the South would have more power than the North in the Senate. TheMissouri Compromise was issued, where Maine would be admitted as a free state; the balance of power would return.

Answer 5

stirred southern fears regarding the balance of power between North and South.

Answer 6

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