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How did the Missouri compromise keep balance between free and slave states?
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∙ 13y ago
The balance was maintained by the admission of the Massachusetts colony of Maine as a separate free state at about the same time that Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
Frances Nicolas
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∙ 13y agoBy drawing a clear line in the sand.
Anywhere North of that parallel was free soil.
This kept the peace for thirty years, until the admission of California, which was too big to fit the terms of the Compromise.
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Which issue was the focus of the Missouri Compromise?
slavery :D (i gotta do this stupid thing too)
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 is the main idea of the Missouri compromise?
1. Missouri and Maine became states. 2. part of the Mason-Dixon line, the line that separated the North and the South, was established. 3. This compromise kept the balance between free and slave states for 30 years.
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settle conflicts between the North and South over?
it caused slavery to expand in to the north.
How did the Missouri Compromise effect 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.
What kept the balance between slave and free states in 1820?
Missouri Compromise
Did the Missouri compromise preserved the balance between slave states and free states?
1820
How did the Missouri compromise help to postpone the outbreak of the civil war?
The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance between slave and free states.
What An attempt to maintain an equal balance between free states and slave states?
the Missouri Compromise
What year did the Missouri compromise preserved the balance between free and slave states?
1820
What was enacted in 1820 to keep a balance of power between slave states and free states?
Missouri Compromise
What was the main point of The Missouri Compromise?
The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.
What happened to the Missouri compromise after 1854?
After 1854, the Missouri Compromise, which was the attempt to balance the number of free states and slave states between the Northern and Southern states of the United States, was relinquished and replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What document passed by congress maintained a balance between free and slave states?
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What is The Missouri Compromise of 1820 about?
The 1820 Missouri Compromise was put in place by Congress in order to maintain the balance between slave States and non slave States. Senator Henry Clay was one of the key politicians in formulated the Compromise.
What is The Missouri Compromise 1820 about?
The 1820 Missouri Compromise was put in place by Congress in order to maintain the balance between slave States and non slave States. Senator Henry Clay was one of the key politicians in formulated the Compromise.
When was the Missouri Compromise created?
The Missouri Compromise was created on March 19, 1820. It was an attempt to retain the balance of power between the northern and southern states. It was repealed by the Kansas Nebraska Act.
