Alabama was admitted as a slave state in the Union, leaving 11 FREE states and 11 SLAVE states, making it equal, until Missouri wanted to be admitted into the Union, also.
An attempt to keep the number of slave-states equal to the number of free states, so that neither section would automatically outvote the other in Congress.
slavery in new states
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Abraham Lincoln supported the Missouri compromise :p
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise was signed in 1820s. The Compromise of 1850 was signed in the 1850s
compromise of 1850
The Missouri compromise was one of the many ways the boundaries of America grew. The compromise admitted Missouri as a state and also brought the question of slavery to the forefront of many minds.
The missouri compromise
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Maine was brought into the unioni in 1820 by the Missouri Compromise
The nullification crisis was similar to the concerns that brought about the Missouri Compromise as both started as arguments about states' rights.
The Louisiana Purchase
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
The nullification crisis was similar to the concerns that brought about the Missouri Compromise as both started as arguments about states' rights.
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
Missouri compromise
The acquisition of huge territories from Mexico, including California, which was too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise.