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It was already a slave-state, and Lincoln allowed it to remain so.
This kept it from breaking away and joining the Confederacy - a big achievement by Lincoln.
However, the state remained deeply divided, and the situation in the early months of the war was so confused that the local Union commander, Brigadier-General Harney, organised an unofficial truce with the pro-Southern leaders. Ironically, this sensible arrangement was technically treasonable, and Harney was in trouble over it.
His replacement was an over-promoted Captain (Lyon) who ended the truce, and soon died in battle on account of it. The effect was to provoke partisan warfare all over Missouri for the duration of the war.
But it still never joined the Confederacy. <------ LIES. hahahah you were fooled.
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∙ 11y agoThe Missouri Compromise of 1820 was meant to settle the slavery question by drawing a line in the sand, North of which slavery would be illegal.
It kept the peace for thirty years, until the new territories acquired from Mexico necessitated a new compromise. This one did not last.
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Why did the Missouri territory's application for statehood in 1819 create such a storm of controversy in the united states congress?
Missouri applied to be admitted as a slave state, and if admitted, would: A: Tip the balance of the federal Senate to the slave states, 24-22 B: Create a large lump of slave-permitting territory jutting out into the plains. Northerners didn't want the Senate to get off balance, and also didn't want the South to use Missouri as a springboard to creating more slave states in the plains.
How do you explain the Missouri Compromise?
Well, the Missouri compromise is something that happened in 1850. It was a fight between the slave state and free statesenators. They wanted to keep the houses equal. The Slave States didnt want Maine to become a state because the Free states would have an extra 2 people. The free states didn't want Missouri to become a state because then the slave state senators would have an extra 2 people. So then finally someone came up with the idea for Maine and Missouri to become a state at the same time. Thus causing there to still be equal slave and free state senators.
How did the compromise of 1850 upset the south?
Mainly because it toughened-up the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways. This recruited many new Abolitionists, and caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
What was the fight between slave and non-slave states?
it was the fight between the state who wanted slavery and the state who didn't want slavery.
What problem was created when California sought admission to the union?
California's constitution outlawed slavery. Southern slave states didn't want California or any other state to be admitted to the Union as a free state because it would upset the balance of free states to slave states. The matter was settled by the Compromise of 1850.
Why didnt the northern states want missour admitted to the union as a slave state?
The northern states did want Missouri admitted to the union as a slave state so as to balance the free slave trade.
Did Missouri want to enter the union as a free state?
No. The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave-state, on condition that there would be no more slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
Why did the Missouri territory's application for statehood in 1819 create such a storm of controversy in the united states congress?
Missouri applied to be admitted as a slave state, and if admitted, would: A: Tip the balance of the federal Senate to the slave states, 24-22 B: Create a large lump of slave-permitting territory jutting out into the plains. Northerners didn't want the Senate to get off balance, and also didn't want the South to use Missouri as a springboard to creating more slave states in the plains.
How do you explain the Missouri Compromise?
Well, the Missouri compromise is something that happened in 1850. It was a fight between the slave state and free statesenators. They wanted to keep the houses equal. The Slave States didnt want Maine to become a state because the Free states would have an extra 2 people. The free states didn't want Missouri to become a state because then the slave state senators would have an extra 2 people. So then finally someone came up with the idea for Maine and Missouri to become a state at the same time. Thus causing there to still be equal slave and free state senators.
Why didn't slave owners want to free their slaves?
It Was Against The State Of Law In The South
What did the south stand to lose as a result of the Missouri compromise?
The liked it because there was a balance of free and slave states and representation in congress.
Why was allowing Missouri into the Union as a slave state an issue?
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.
What was the reason northern states objected to Missouri being added as a slave state?
Because they were fighting against slaves and did not want to make things worse.
Why did Southerners fight to bring slavery to Missouri?
They did not agree to the Missouri Compromise. They were just out voted by the north. ------------- The South allowed so much territory to be free states because they did not believe that there would be any more state made out of that territory because they thought of it as not settleable... so not many people would want to go there. Because there was a population requirement to request statehood, they thought that there would not be any more free states carved out of the "free" territory. (I know... a bit repetitious...) Hope this helps.
Did Texas want to join the U.S. as a free state or slave state?
no it was slave free
What 2 states did the Confederacy want to join them?
The Northern slave-states of Kentucky and Missouri.
How did the supreme court add to the tension over slavery in the 1850s?
Because the North didn't want slaves, but the south did, so the supreme court was trying to figure out whether the should make California a slave state or a free slave state.
