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Was the compromise of 1850 a wise effort to balance sectional differences or a futile attempt to push slavery issue out of sight?
It would hardly have pushed slavery out of sight, when the new Fugitive Slave Act drew it to the attention of millions of Northerners who had never taken an interest in it before.
A wise effort? We might say a well-meant effort. But the admission of the huge territory of California seriously upset the balance that had been achieved by the Missouri Compromise.
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How did the failure of compromise and sectional differences over slavery lead to civil war?
Trying to maintain a legislative balance between slave and free states eventually led to congressional gridlock, preventing legislation from being passed in any meaningful manner.
Why did the white people feel threatened by the Missouri compromise?
The Missouri Compromise was a successful attempt to keep the peace by balancing the number of slave-states and free states. Both sides thought it benefitted the other side too much, and they were equally dissatisfied. Curiously, this kept the balance. It was not a case of white people feeling threatened.
What did the Missouri compromise attempt to do?
To balance the number of free and slave states.The solution to the missouri compromise was done by henry clay. He spent about 30 years trying to fix the problems that kept occurring with it. The solution enacted by Henry Clay in 1807 that fixed all the issues with the missouri compromise of 1820 was that if you havent noticed this isnt the right answer yet you need to get better at math xD.
How did the Missouri compromise help to postpone the outbreak of the civil war?
The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance between slave and free states.
What did the Missouri Compromise help resolve?
The Missouri Compromise helped resolve the voting balance between the south and the north.So Missouri was admitted as a slave and Maine was admitted as a free state.
