It would have made an imbalance in congress and that would make more slave states than free states, thus the pro slavery states would have more power in congress
Both Maine and Missouri were in the same position. They could not gain entrance to the union without the other. At the time, whenever a free state entered the union, a slave state had to enter also. So admitting Maine, meant admitting Missouri.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri wanted to be a slave state so to the balance of the states Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Both Maine and Missouri were in the same position. They could not gain entrance to the union without the other. At the time, whenever a free state entered the union, a slave state had to enter also. So admitting Maine, meant admitting Missouri.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
false they insisted on entering it as a free state
To keep peace, the Congress orchestrated a two-part compromise, granting Missouri's request and also admitting Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise was when Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenged US law by raising the issue of balancing free and slave states in the Union, upsetting the delicate equilibrium between the two. This set the stage for the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which attempted to maintain this balance by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also establishing a line across the Louisiana Territory restricting slavery north of a certain latitude.
Missouri was a slave state. Maryland and Kentucky were slave states.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state. This was part of the Missouri compromise in which Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.