There were 12 slave states after the Missouri Compromise and 12 free states.
The Missouri Compromise allowed two new states to be admitted. The two states that were admitted are Maine and Missouri.
Missouri Compromise
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
The Missouri Compromise allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the United States. Maine would be a free states, while Missouri would be a slave state.
Maine and Missouri
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri compromise.
The Missouri Compromise helped prevent the civil war by equalling the power in between free states(NORTH)and slave states(SOUTH)
The Missouri Compromise - a line of latitude fixed at Missouri's Southern border.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance between slave and free states.