The Missouri Compromise temporarily solved a dispute over slavery by keeping the number of slave and free states equal. It was later replaced by the Compromise of 1850.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
To address the conflict over slavery
The growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery
To address the conflict over slavery
The Missouri Compromise was used to please both pro and anti-slavery people from the North and South with a regulation that prohibited slavery in some states and allowed it in other.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery. It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the Louisiana Territory.
All the Compromises were issued with this aim - the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the last-minute Crittenden Compromise.
All the Compromises were issued with this aim - the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the last-minute Crittenden Compromise.
All the Compromises were issued with this aim - the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the last-minute Crittenden Compromise.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
To address the conflict over slavery
To address the conflict over slavery
the growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery
The growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.