The contention between pro and anti slavery forces were growing stronger. At the time, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 appeared to appease both sides. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also divided the Louisiana Purchase equally between slave and free. It kept the factions down for another thirty years.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri compromise
Missouri just joined the union as a slave state
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
There were 12 slave states after the Missouri Compromise.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise was when Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
A slave state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise succeeded in expanding the boundaries of the United States. However, it did not end the slave trade.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.