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It was a reasonable compromise. The line was drawn between where in the Louisiana Territory slavery would be permitted and where it would not be permitted. The practice of admitting a free state and slave state sort of in tandem, though the admission dates were never exactly the same, kept a balance in the Congress on matters important to both sections of the country.

It followed a pattern of prohibiting slavery north of the Ohio River, established in the Ordinance of 1787, by extending an imaginary line west to the Rocky Mountains from the junction of the Ohio with the Mississippi.

Lincoln considered it important enough that it was because of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise (by the Kansas Nebraska Act) that he came back into politics to challenge Stephen Douglas for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858.

The Compromise, however, did not mollify the growing abolitionist movement. Its abrogation by anti-slavery laws ultimately led to Southern secession, and to the US Civil War.

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Did Iowa entered the Union as a slave state?

Texas did enter the Union as a slave state. This is why it took so long between the time the Union told Texas they could become a state and the time Texas actually became a state. The debate went on about this in Congress for four years.


What were the northern and southern arguments during the debate over the admission of Missouri?

The arguments were the standards ones about the morals of slavery. These did not change much. It was the agreement they came to - the Missouri Compromise - that was notably successful because it was simple, a straightforward line in the sand, North of which slavery would be illegal. It kept the pece for thirty years.


During the debate over the Compromise of 1850 northern antislavery forces were particularly outraged by what they considered the betrayal of which senator?

stephen douglas


How did Henry Clay save the union with his compromise tariff?

Henry Clay helped to pass the Compromise Tariff of 1833 as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis. The compromise gradually reduced taxed on imports for the southerners. This compromise kept South Carolina from seceding from the Union.


What was the connection between the Dred Scott decision in the Supreme Court and the revolutionary actions of John Brown in Kansas and Virginia?

The Supreme Court verdict on Dred Scott infuriated the Abolitionists by interpreting the Constitution in a way that made slavery legal in every state of the Union. This raised the temperature of the debate, and encouraged extreme actions by the fanatical John Brown.

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Was the Missouri compromise a good solution to debate between free states and slave states?

yes


Was the Missouri compromise a good solution to the debate between free states and slave states?

NO,because it splits the nation in half. "later starts the civil war."


Was The Missouri Compromise a good to the debate between free states and slave states?

yes


How did The Missouri Compromise temporarily settle the debate slavery?

The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.


How did the Missouri Compromise temporarily settle the debate over slavery?

The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.


How did The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery?

The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.


Was the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?

The constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise was a subject of debate. Some argued that it violated the principle of states' rights, while others believed it was necessary to maintain the balance between free and slave states. Ultimately, the Compromise was overturned by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision.


How did the Missouri compromise postpone a national debate about Slavery?

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily eased tensions over slavery by allowing Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state, maintaining the balance of power between free and slave states. Additionally, it established the 36°30' parallel, prohibiting slavery in the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory. This compromise postponed the national debate over slavery by creating a temporary solution, but it did not resolve the underlying conflicts, ultimately only delaying more intense discussions and conflicts in the years to come.


Did the Missouri compromise forever ended the debate on slavery in the US?

No, the Missouri Compromise did not forever end the debate on slavery in the United States. While it temporarily resolved issues related to the expansion of slavery by establishing a boundary between free and slave states, it ultimately highlighted the deepening divisions between the North and South. The compromise was later rendered ineffective by events such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision, which reignited tensions and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.


What was the impact of the civil war after The Missouri Compromise?

There was no Civil War while the Missouri Compromise was in force. It kept the peace for thirty years. It was the debate over the admission of California, following the Mexican War, that made the Missouri Compromise inoperable (because the new state extended so far on either side of the line) and a new Compromise had to be worked out. This one did not last.


What major decision led up to the civil war?

There was not a major decision that led to it but there were many that led to it such as the dred Scott decision and the Missouri compromise and the compromise of 1850 and the Lincoln- Douglas debate


What decision voided the Missouri Compromise and let territories decide on the issue of slavery themselves instead of letting Congress do so?

The Compromise of 1850 undid much of the work of the Missouri Compromise made a few years prior. Unfortunately, the Compromise of 1850 did not alleviate the tensions of the slave debate, and the Civil War broke out just ten years later.