Balancing of slave and free states.
Missouri Compromise
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was enacted, leading to the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This compromise aimed to maintain the balance between slave and free states in the Union. The agreement also established a boundary line at latitude 36°30′, north of which slavery was prohibited in the remaining territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.
1820
Balancing of slave and free states.
Missouri Compromise
In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was enacted, leading to the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This compromise aimed to maintain the balance between slave and free states in the Union. The agreement also established a boundary line at latitude 36°30′, north of which slavery was prohibited in the remaining territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
1820
The chief goal of the Compromise of 1850 was to preserve the balance between slave states and free states.
the Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Act was added to the Compromise of 1850 to please southern states. This act required that all runaway slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in 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.
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.
1820