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Why was it important to have a equal number of slave states and free states?
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∙ 11y ago
Because the South feared being permanentlyoutvoted in Congress, which would thenpass laws that favoured the North.
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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
The comprimises of 1820 and 1850 dealt with?
admitting equal number of free and slave states
What were the total number of slave states and free states as of 1812?
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What event brought about the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was not 1850 but 1820. It settled the issue of slavery in the new territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. The Compromise of 1850 was also to do with slavery/freedom in new territories, this time the ones acquired from Mexico.
How many slave states were there in 1837?
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
Why was it important to the South that the number of slave states and free states be kept equal?
Actually, the balance was important to the slave states since they could block the outlawing of slavery because they would have an equal number of votes in the US Senate. If the number of free states was allowed to become larger than the number of slave states, then the slave states would have to rely on votes from Senators in free states to continue slavery.
Did states have the right to decide if they were free states or slave states?
Yes but its by votes. Or so they can make the slave states and free states equal by number like Missouri
Why did Texas annexation take so long?
Texas would be admitted as a slave state, and it would upset the balance of the equal number of states being slave states and non-slave states. -1d4evr
Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?
It was delayed because the issue of Slavery and to balance whether it should be a free or slave state.
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
How did the number of free states and the number of slave states effect representation in congress?
Because if there were to be moe slave states than free states than one may rule at another and later on it will take over and have more control. Therefore, it was IMPORTANT to have the same number of free and slave states...without this we may have been either a free or a slave sate for the rest of our life...or until a president will decide to end it..along wih the congress.
The comprimises of 1820 and 1850 dealt with?
admitting equal number of free and slave states
The number of slave states?
13
What did Northern states want new states to become?
Integrated, Slave-free, and equal.
Why did the slave states need to be equal with the free states?
To maintain their voting power in Congress.
Why did southerners want to increase the number of slaves states?
If the number of slave states increased only a little, the pro-slavery forces felt they could permanently control the House and Senate and prevent any future restrictions on slavery.
What An attempt to maintain an equal balance between free states and slave states?
the Missouri Compromise
