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It admitted Maine, the northern region of what was then Massachusetts, into the Union as a separate (free) state.
The reason this was done was to balance the number of "slave states" and "free states." This only occurred as a result of a compromise involving slavery in Missouri, and in the federal territories of the American west.
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∙ 12y agoMassachusetts was split into two free sates.
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Henry clay's compromise became known as what?
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Henry Clays compromise became known as?
The Maine, Missouri, Clay's, or Henry's compromise
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act go against?
The Missouri Compromise
Did Missouri want to enter the union as a free state?
No. The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave-state, on condition that there would be no more slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border.
What legislation said that no other state north of an established boundary could enter the Union as a slave state?
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Missouri Compromise?
nothing
What effect did Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Missouri Compromise?
nothing
How did the Missouri compromise effect the US?
The Missouri Compromise drew a clear line as to how the US could be divided in terms of slave and free states were defined. This had a big effect on the overall demographics of the country as a whole.
How did Missouri compromise affect Massachusetts?
It admitted Maine, the northern region of what was then Massachusetts, into the Union as a separate (free) state. The reason this was done was to balance the number of "slave states" and "free states." This only occurred as a result of a compromise involving slavery in Missouri, and in the federal territories of the American west.
Henry clay's compromise became known as what?
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What US state was once a part of Massachusetts?
In 1820, a portion of Massachusetts became the state of Maine. This was part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which allowed Missouri to enter the US as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the correct chronological order of these eventsCompromise of 1850, Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise,Emancipation Proclamation?
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
What two states became states as the result of the Compromise of 1820?
Missouri (slave) and Maine, as a seceded part of Massachusetts (free)
How can you make a sentence with Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
The question about Missouri's admission to the Union and how it was solved was called the?
Missouri compromise
What considedrations prompted the Missouri compromise and why did it fail?
why was the Missouri compromise written?
What was the time period of the Missouri compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
