The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was the work of Congressman Henry Clay of Kentucky. By 1820 there were already 10,000 or more slaves in the territory that was to become Missouri and a slave state at that. There was a pressing need to keep the number of slave and free states in balance. In order to appease both the North and the South, Clay proposed to congress a plan to keep things in balance. Missouri could enter as a slave state and part of Massachusetts would be divided to make a new Northern free state called Maine. The compromise worked and the heated debates over slavery, for the time being was put to rest. But it was not a permanent solution in that the US continued to grow.
Maine became a state in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. This act formed both Maine and Missouri to help keep the balance between free and slave states, Maine being a free state, and Missouri being a slave state. Maine had been part of Massachusetts until then.
No. The effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) was to supersede (nullify) the Missouri Compromise, rendering it inapplicable to future states. The geographical division was not applied, but rather "popular sovereignty" within a state would decide the issue of slavery there. This resulted in internecine warfare in the states of Kansas and Missouri, and murderous attacks by both sides (abolitionists and pro-slavery).The Missouri Compromise (1820) was never actually repealed per se.
To draw a line in the sand, North of which slavery would be illegal in any of the new states being created from the lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Missouri Compromise was reached between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions of the government. It restricted slavery in territories north of 36 degrees 30′ except in the state of Missouri.
Alright, listen up! The Missouri Compromise of 1820 drew a line at 36°30' to determine slave and free states, while the Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law. So basically, one drew a line in the sand, and the other tried to clean up a mess with a stricter law. Got it? Good.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Maine as a "free" state and Missouri as a "slave" state. As part of the deal, slavery will be, from then on, prohibited north of parallel 36°30', with the exception of the state of Missouri which was located north of that parallel.Section 14 of the Constitution states that all citizens of the United States are subject to the jurisdiction of the country. Therefore, no other state may enforce a law that may limit the privileges provided by the being a citizen of the country. The compromise is clearly making a difference between the privileges of citizens of the country according to the place they live.Section 32 of the Constitution states that no person is entitled to a different set of emoluments (or payments he receives for the work he or she does) than those from the community he lives. The Missouri compromise also goes against this enactment due to the fact that slaves are clearly getting separate forms of payment.
This was meant to settle the question of slavery in the Western territories that were applying to become states of the Union. It was agreed to draw one line of latitude, North of which slavery would be illegal. The line was the Southern border of Missouri. The Compromise worked well enough for thirty years, until after the Mexican war, when the future of California was being debated. The new state would extend so far either side of the Missouri line that both sides claimed it. So the Compromise broke down, and had to be replaced by another which did not last. It has often been commented that if there could have been two states, Northern California and Southern California, meeting on the Missouri line, the Civil War could have been avoided.
There was an issue over whether Missouri would become a slave or free state. It also raised the question of other new states being introduced into the United States. A compromise was made to allow Missouri to be admitted as a slave state and Kansas to be admitted as a free state.
That was the line of the Missouri Compromise - the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. It worked well, and kept the peace for thirty years. Unfortunately, it only related to the territories acquired under the Louisiana Purchase. When the vast new lands acquired from Mexico came up for statehood, Congress had to repeal the Missouri Compromise, and work out a new one. This one didn't last, and the nation started sliding towards civil war.
The Missouri Compromise, which was passed in 1820, was a document that involved the regulation of slavery. To do this, slavery was prohibited in the former Louisiana Territory (north of 36°30′N), with Missouri being exempt.The balance between the number of "slave states" and "free states" was achieved by creating a free state (Maine) out of the northern region of what was then Massachusetts.
The Missouri Compromise was not a cause of the war - it was a reasonable deal that delayed hostilities for forty years. The Compromise of 1850 included a provision to toughen-up the Fugitive Slave Act, and this became an emotive issue in the North, especially when Uncle Tom's Cabin was published soon after.