The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a significant legislative agreement that aimed to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states in the United States. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, thereby preserving the Senate's balance. Additionally, it established a geographical line (the 36°30' parallel) north of which slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Territory, except for Missouri. This compromise temporarily eased tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions but ultimately highlighted the growing divisions that would lead to the Civil War.
The Compromise of 1820 was between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory.
The Mississippi Compromise was passed in 1820 to resolve the ever-growing problem of maintaining the balance between free and slave states in the United States.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Henry Clay was the one who drafted the compromise of 1850 and the Missouri compromise of 1820.
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
The compromise of 1820 allowed the state of Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state in exhange for Maine entering as a free state. The compromise also stated that any state west of the Mississippi River would enter as a free state.
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, slavery was legal in states that were south of the compromise line (36°30’ parallel), such as Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. This line permitted slavery in states below it while prohibiting it in states above it.
The Missouri compromise was in 1820
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.