After the Mexican-American War, the United States gained a large amounts of land. As a result, slavery issues began to arise. Southerners want the Mexican Cession (the name of the territory gaimed by the U.S. during the Mexican-American War) to be slave territories. Northerners, on the other hand, want it to be free territories. Another issue arise when it was announced that gold was found in California. As many citizens scrambled to California for the gold, the population was large enough that California could enter the Union. Southerners want California to enter the Union as a slave state, while Northerners want California to enter the Union as a free state. To resolve these issues, Senator Henry Clay propose the Compromise of 1850, a series of laws. There are five parts to the Compromise of 1850, which are: # California would enter the Union as a free state. # The rest of the Mexican Cession would be divide into New Mexico and Utah in which popular sovereignty would determine the slavery status. # Texas would give up its land claim west of the Rio Grande in exchange for financial assitances. # Slave trade, but not slavery, would be abolished in the nation's capital. # The old fugitive slave law would be replaced with a new, more effective one.
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
Maine and Missouri were admitted to the Union as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Henry Clay was the one who drafted the compromise of 1850 and the Missouri compromise of 1820.
Missouri Compromise
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Maine and Missouri were admitted to the Union as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
Henry Clay was the one who drafted the compromise of 1850 and the Missouri compromise of 1820.
Missouri Compromise
March 3, 1820 The Missouri Compromise was passed on March 3, 1820. It was a bill that temporarily resolved the first major political clash between slavery and anti slavery interests.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.