It got California admitted as free soil, on condition that two other states could be admitted as slave-states.
Balancing of slave and free states.
Missouri Compromise
After 1854, the Missouri Compromise, which was the attempt to balance the number of free states and slave states between the Northern and Southern states of the United States, was relinquished and replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was enacted, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This compromise was designed to maintain the balance between slave and free states in the Union, as Missouri's admission would otherwise tip the balance in favor of slave states. The compromise also established a line at the 36°30′ latitude, north of which slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory.
The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 drew an imaginary slave line at 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude to separate slave and free states. This compromise aimed to maintain a balance between the number of slave states and free states in the United States.
Balancing of slave and free states.
Missouri Compromise
1820
After 1854, the Missouri Compromise, which was the attempt to balance the number of free states and slave states between the Northern and Southern states of the United States, was relinquished and replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
The chief goal of the Compromise of 1850 was to preserve the balance between slave states and free states.
the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise.
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was enacted, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This compromise was designed to maintain the balance between slave and free states in the Union, as Missouri's admission would otherwise tip the balance in favor of slave states. The compromise also established a line at the 36°30′ latitude, north of which slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory.
Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 sought to balance the free states and the slave states in balance. The Compromise lost its value with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
Missouri Compromise
The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.