The northern states did want Missouri admitted to the union as a slave state so as to balance the free slave trade.
Because Lincoln had won the election of 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
Slavery had been outlawed in the North by 1860. Some slave-states were fighting for the North in the Civil War (1861-65), but they were not strictlyNorthern states.
By the start of the Civil War in 1860s, there was a large slave population in the United States. The total number of slaves were 3,950,528.
The Northern slave-states of Kentucky and Missouri.
slave states
The US Senate, representing the 33 states, had 66 senators in 1860. There were 18 free states and 15 slave states in November 1860.
The Union (Northern states)
The northern states did want Missouri admitted to the union as a slave state so as to balance the free slave trade.
either 22 states or 24 states
Because Lincoln had won the election of 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
5 northern states had over 2,000 miles of track
The North were free states and the South were slave states.
Because Lincoln had won the election of 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
Slavery had been outlawed in the North by 1860. Some slave-states were fighting for the North in the Civil War (1861-65), but they were not strictlyNorthern states.
By the start of the Civil War in 1860s, there was a large slave population in the United States. The total number of slaves were 3,950,528.
The northern states sacrifice to postpone a vote on ending the slave trade gained the southern states to aggree on the three-fiths compromise.