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When the first settlers came to the what is now united states they settled in the New England area. So people spread across America from up to down. But more people would rather stay were they live instead of moving. So as a whole more people lived in the north. Now the south needed more people because the more cotton and crops you can pick the more money you can make. So they brought slaves over from Africa to meet the huge demands of the farmers in the south. Before the civil war broke out there was almost as much slaves in the south as "Whites". So when the northern states (who had next to no slaves) thought that all slaves should be free. The south thought it was absurd to take away almost half there population. The south also knew if the slaves were freed, most of them would move to the northern states or back to Africa. So they fought for there slaves, there money, and there way of life.

"Slaves, a necessary evil."- Robert Edward Lee

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Compromise between north and south?

The compromises that the northern and southern states reached were the great compromise and the Three-Fifthy compromise


What was the final compromise the north and the south attempted before they split?

The Crittenden Compromise. Lincoln rejected it because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.


How did the Missouri Compromise either raise or reduce tensions over the slavery issue?

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.


Describe the various attempts to find a compromise between the demands of the North and the South?

The government drew imaginary lines, north of which slavery would be illegal, such as the Mason-Dixon line. There were formal compromises, such as the Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.


Who benefited more from the compromise 1850 North or South?

The Compromise of 1850 primarily benefited the South, as it included the controversial Fugitive Slave Act, which strengthened the enforcement of returning escaped slaves and allowed for the expansion of slavery into new territories. Although the North gained California as a free state, the overall concessions made to the South, particularly regarding slavery's expansion, reflected a greater advantage for Southern interests at that time. The compromise temporarily eased tensions between the North and South but ultimately failed to resolve the underlying issues surrounding slavery.

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Compromise between north and south?

The compromises that the northern and southern states reached were the great compromise and the Three-Fifthy compromise


Why do you think the north and south were not able to reach a compromise over slavery in 1861?

Because the north and the south wanted differnt things south wanted slavery, but the north wanted freedom.


What groups split between The Missouri Compromise?

The Missouri Compromise splits the early America into the South (where slavery is upheld) and the North ( Where slavery is banned)


The Missouri Compromise ended slavery in the South?

No - in the North. It banned slavery anywhere North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. This was a successful compromise which kept the peace for thirty years.


A series of agreements between north and south that temporarily dampened the slavery?

The compromise of 1850


What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 settle conflicts between the North and South over?

it caused slavery to expand in to the north.


Was slavery prohibited in the Louisiana territory south of the compromise line?

No. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed slavery in those parts of the Louisiana Purchase that were South of the line. North of the line, it was illegal. This simple and sensible compromise kept the peace for thirty years.


Which statement is trueThe Missouri Compromise postponed the issue of slavery?

The Missouri Compromise postponed the issue of slavery.


What are the advantages and disadvantages of The Missouri Compromise?

An advantage to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was that slavery would not be permitted in the territory that is now the state of Missouri. A disadvantage to the Missouri Compromise was that people who believed in slavery in the South could not move north to gain more land and keep their slaves.


The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the?

The Thee-Fifths Compromise


Why was there no new compromise over slavery in 1861?

because slavery had died out for the most part after the civil war when the south agreed to rejoin the north


Did the Missouri Compromise increase unity or division?

The Missouri Compromise was a temporary band aid on the problem of slavery. Many in the South wanted slavery and many in the North did not. It made more people unhappy.