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What were the total number of slave states and free states as of 1812?

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Did states have the right to decide if they were free states or slave states?

Yes but its by votes. Or so they can make the slave states and free states equal by number like Missouri


How did the Compromise of 1850 help balance the number of slave states with the number of new states?

It got California admitted as free soil, on condition that two other states could be admitted as slave-states.


Why did Texas annexation take so long?

Texas would be admitted as a slave state, and it would upset the balance of the equal number of states being slave states and non-slave states. -1d4evr


How did the number of free states and the number of slave states effect representation in congress?

Because if there were to be moe slave states than free states than one may rule at another and later on it will take over and have more control. Therefore, it was IMPORTANT to have the same number of free and slave states...without this we may have been either a free or a slave sate for the rest of our life...or until a president will decide to end it..along wih the congress.


How did the number of slave states change between 1821 and 1854?

it didnt


How many slave states were there in 1837?

In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.


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

The Missouri compromise.


Which early compromise drew an imaginary slave line at 36 degrees north latitude to separate slave 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.


Why was the annexation of Texas delayed?

It was delayed because the issue of Slavery and to balance whether it should be a free or slave state.


The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the senate because?

It was because they had an even number of slave and free states. If Missouri came in as a slave state then it would make it uneven and it would upset the balance.


Were these border states free or slave states?

The "Border States" were slave states.