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What area of The Louisiana Purchase could not be slave?
North of the 36, 30 langitude line could not be slave states
What were the slave states west of the Mississippi River?
The slave states west of the Mississippi River included Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and parts of what would later become Oklahoma. These states permitted slavery and were part of the broader system of slavery in the United States before the Civil War. Missouri was particularly significant as it was the first state carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. These states were involved in the cotton economy and played a crucial role in the antebellum South.
Why was Missouri compromise so important to the nation?
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. Conflict between slave owners and people who wanted slavery to end - APEX
How did the Louisiana Purchase increase the likelihood of wars in the west?
As more of the Louisiana territory became states, the issue of slavery grew. For example, if a state wanted to enter the Union as a free state, there had to be a slave state to keep the # of slave and free states equal.
What was the connection between the Louisiana purchase and Missouri compromise?
Yes, but only those territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
What area of The Louisiana Purchase could not be slave?
North of the 36, 30 langitude line could not be slave states
What were the slave states west of the Mississippi River?
The slave states west of the Mississippi River included Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and parts of what would later become Oklahoma. These states permitted slavery and were part of the broader system of slavery in the United States before the Civil War. Missouri was particularly significant as it was the first state carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. These states were involved in the cotton economy and played a crucial role in the antebellum South.
Why was Missouri compromise so important to the nation?
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. Conflict between slave owners and people who wanted slavery to end - APEX
How did the Louisiana Purchase increase the likelihood of wars in the west?
As more of the Louisiana territory became states, the issue of slavery grew. For example, if a state wanted to enter the Union as a free state, there had to be a slave state to keep the # of slave and free states equal.
What was the connection between the Louisiana purchase and Missouri compromise?
Yes, but only those territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
What was known as the dirty bargain?
The Missouri Compromise, 1820, where Missouri was admitted to the Union as slave-holding state, but all other states to come of the Louisiana Purchase should be non-slavery states.
What does The Louisiana Purchase have to do with slavery?
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 did not have a direct impact on slavery, but it indirectly contributed to the expansion of slavery in the United States. The acquisition of the vast territory provided more land for agricultural purposes, which further fueled the demand for slave labor. As the country expanded westward, it intensified the debate between slave and free states and ultimately led to the Civil War.
What did the north and south gain and lose from the Missouri compromise?
Missouri was allowed to join the USA as a slave-state. Other territories within the Louisiana Purchase, south of Latitude 36.30, could also join as slave-states.
What was the functions of Missouri compromise line?
To resolve the argument about which parts of the vast territory acquired by the Louisiana Purchase should be slave-states and which should be free states. Anywhere North of this parallel would be free soil.
What parallel divided the slave and free areas of The Louisiana Purchase?
Missouri Compromise
By 1821 what slave states existed west of the Mississippi River?
Louisiana and Missouri
What did the south stand to gain as a reault of The Missouri Compromise?
The assurance that there would be no new slave-states North of the Missouri line.
