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A series of compromises, starting with the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

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Did the Missouri compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states?

1820


What year did the Missouri compromise preserved the balance between free and slave states?

1820


Why did states choose bicameral legislatures?

nova net: to balance power between the house and the senate


How did the compromise solve the problem of keeping balance of power in the senate between free and slave states?

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The application for California statehood caused turmoil in Congress because?

It would upset the balance between the slave and free states in the Senate. By Paul A Rivera


What issue did the Missouri Compromise temporarily resolve?

The western expansion of slavery and the balance between slave and free states in the Senate


How did the admitting of the last four states affect the voting power slave states and free states in the US senate?

The admission of the last four states—California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Kansas—into the Union significantly impacted the balance of power in the Senate. California and Oregon entered as free states, while Kansas was a battleground over slavery, initially entering as a free state in 1861. This increased the representation of free states in the Senate, weakening the political power of slave states and contributing to the tensions leading up to the Civil War. Overall, the shift in Senate balance heightened the conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions.


What preserved the balance between the slave states and free states?

There isn't any one main reason that the balance between the slave states and free states lasted as long as it did. The main reason of many is that they were both sides were profitting from it in different ways, and there were many different compromises that started around the same time as our Constitution was written that the South would be able to rule over the slave trade.


Why was bicameralism chosen as the principle for the US congress?

It was a part of the Great Compromise of 1787 also known as the Connecticut Compromise, when the small states wanted an equal number of representatives from each state and the large states which wanted the number of representatives to be based on population. Therefore the House of Representatives and the Senate were born, with the House of Representatives satisfying the large states and the Senate satisfying the smaller states.


Why was the balance of free and state slaves in the senate such an important issue?

The balance of free and slave states in the senate was such an important issue because if the either had an advantage it would only help to trigger a war that was yet to come.


How does the Wilmot Proviso show the importance of a balance of power in the legislature for the South?

the sout's balance of power was the senate. Addition of non slaqve states would upset that balance of power


Why was the US relucten to annex Texas?

Because it was an area in which slavery was legal, and to bring it into the Union would destroy the balance in the Senate between slave states and non-slave states. Also because the U.S. didnt want :D