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What balance were the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 designed to protect?

Balancing of slave and free states.


What were the major provisions of great compromise?

The Great Compromise provided a bicameral legislature with both a representation based on population (the House of representatives; which appealed to larger states), and an equal representation (the Senate; which appealed to smaller states, with lower populations).


What provisions in the Missouri Compromise of 1850 helped ease the conflict over free and slave states between the north and the south?

The terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were effectively overridden with the Compromise of 1850, which opened the territories of Utah and New Mexico to settlement by slave owners as well as those who did not own slaves. One part of the new Compromise was the establishment of the Fugitive Slave Act which helped escaped slaves be returned to their "owners".


What did the compromise of 1850 in the District of Columbia?

The Compromise of 1850 included provisions affecting the District of Columbia by abolishing the slave trade, though slavery itself remained legal. This compromise aimed to ease tensions between free and slave states, as it allowed the federal government to maintain control over the capital while addressing the concerns of both sides. Additionally, it reflected the growing conflict over slavery in the United States leading up to the Civil War.


What problem was the three-fifths compromise designed to solve?

a disagreement between slave state and free states over whether slaves should be counted as part of the population

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What balance were the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 designed to protect?

Balancing of slave and free states.


What were the major provisions of great compromise?

The Great Compromise provided a bicameral legislature with both a representation based on population (the House of representatives; which appealed to larger states), and an equal representation (the Senate; which appealed to smaller states, with lower populations).


What problem was three-fifths Compromise designed to solve?

A disagreement between slave states and free states over whether slaves should be counted as a part of the population.


What problem was three fifths compromise designed to solve?

A disagreement between slave states and free states over whether slaves should be counted as a part of the population.


How many slave states were there after the Missouri compromise?

There were 12 slave states after the Missouri Compromise and 12 free states.


Which two groups was a compromise between the Great Compromise?

Large states and small states


What states were disadvantaged by the compromise?

That depends on which compromise is in question.


What provisions in the Missouri Compromise of 1850 helped ease the conflict over free and slave states between the north and the south?

The terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were effectively overridden with the Compromise of 1850, which opened the territories of Utah and New Mexico to settlement by slave owners as well as those who did not own slaves. One part of the new Compromise was the establishment of the Fugitive Slave Act which helped escaped slaves be returned to their "owners".


What compromise ensured there would be the same number of slave states and free states in the us?

The Missouri compromise.


What problem was the three compromise designed to solve?

a disagreement between slave state and free states over whether slaves should be counted as part of the population


In 1819 before the Missouri Compromise how many free states were there and how many slave states?

In America there was 11 free states and 11 slave states, before the compromise.


What problem was the three-fifths compromise designed to solve?

a disagreement between slave state and free states over whether slaves should be counted as part of the population