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It took place at the line of Missouri and was invented to keep the north and south from going to war by having all new states above the line were slave free and all the states below the line had slaves but this rule was eventually broken with the addition of California into the union in 1850 because the Missouri compromise line went through california

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What are the two main points in The Missouri Compromise?

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Which compromise involved the state of main?

Missouri compromise


What are the main points of the Connecticut plan?

it was a great compromise.


Who was the supporter for The Missouri Compromise?

The main supporter for the Missouri Compromise was the class of Northwest Frontiersmen Farmers. The Negotiations who led to the Compromise itself were successfully carried out thanks the able mediation of Henry Clay and the moderation of the ruling Southern elite.


When did main become a state?

Maine became a state in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise.


How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 reach its compromise?

How the Missouri Compromise of 1820 reached its compromise is that they realized that Main was neither of the two .It wasn't a slave state nor was it a free state so they decided that Maine should be a free state because of its environment with all the factories and that Missouri should be a slave state because of its large plantations.


What was the main point of The Missouri Compromise?

The goal was to keep a political balance between slave states and free states.


What were the provisions as permitted by the Missouri compromise?

As most people do not just happen to have a copy of the American Journey History Textbook sitting on their bookshelf, I found this answer to be rather useless. The three provisions of the Missouri Compromise are: 1.) Missouri came in as a slave state. 2.) Maine came in as a free state. 3.) Slavery was banned in territories north of the Mason Dixon line.


How did US Senator Stephen A Douglas characterize the Missouri Compromise of 1850?

Senator Stephen A. Douglas put forth the argument that if the Missouri Compromise of 1850 really was a compromise, it had to put forward a consistent principle. If it did not then it was not a compromise, but instead a modus vivendi arrangement. The main problem of this characterization is that Douglas was asking a rhetorical question. Douglas was the one to know inasmuch as he helped put it together.


Who founded the state of Maine?

Perhaps better asked is what founded the US state of Maine. Main became a state in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. To keep the balance between slave and free states, the Compromise added Missouri as a slave state and part of Massachusetts was made into Maine. Perhaps it can be said that Henry Clay from Kentucky "founded" Maine as he was the main force behind the Compromise.


What is the main idea of the Missouri compromise?

1. Missouri and Maine became states. 2. part of the Mason-Dixon line, the line that separated the North and the South, was established. 3. This compromise kept the balance between free and slave states for 30 years.


What are the three main conditions of the Missouri Compromise are?

1. Missouri and Maine became states.2. The Mason-Dixon line, the line that separated the North and the South, was established across the Southern border of Missouri3. This compromise kept the balance between free and slave states for 30 years.