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In the Missouri Compromise What did Maine have to do before Missouri was granted statehood?
Maine would have to join as a free state so Missouri could become a slave state.
Where was the Missouri compromise drawn?
It is the 36030'N line that diveded the free states and the slave states in the 1820's when the Missouri Compromise was formed. Actually it was in 1850's ~Hope I could help
Why is The Missouri Compromise important?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was important because it played a significant role in the relationship between the North and the South. It resulted in the admission of Missouri to the Union as a slave state.
How was the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?
It was only unconstitutional if you accepted Roger Taney's interpretation of the Constitution in his judgment of the Dred Scott case in 1857. He said the Constitution protected slavery - so therefore no state could declare itself to be free soil.
Why did many Northern members of Congress oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Because it could have allowed both those states to practise slavery, in contravention of the Missouri Compromise. (By 1854, it was getting much more difficult to create new slave-states at all.)
In the Missouri Compromise What did Maine have to do before Missouri was granted statehood?
Maine would have to join as a free state so Missouri could become a slave state.
What was compromise?
The Missouri Comprimise was a plan so that Missouri could become a state and the balance of slave states and free states stayed balanced
What was theMissouri Compromise?
The Missouri Comprimise was a plan so that Missouri could become a state and the balance of slave states and free states stayed balanced
What legislation said that no other state north of an established boundary could enter the Union as a slave state?
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
What did the north and south gain and give up in the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise provided that no Slave State could be established to the north of a line represented by the parallel 36° 30' coincident with the Southern boundary of Missouri.
Which compromise would protect slavery south of the Missouri Compromise line?
The Missouri Compromise itself (1820). Also the very last compromise attempted before the outbreak of war (Crittenden) proposed that the Missouri Line could be re-established and extended all the way to the Pacific. It was this compromise that Lincoln rejected, because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
Why did the crisis over the Missouri compromise expose?
The crisis over Missouri Compromise exposed the divisions of the country on the contentious issue of slavery. The line that literally divided the territories that would become states put the Union into a precarious balance that could easily tip in favor of the slave states.
Could the violence in Kansas have been prevented if Congress had not abandoned the Missouri compromise?
No
Could the violence in Kansas have been prevented if congress had not abandon the Missouri compromise?
No
How did the Mexican American war affect the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be entered as a slave state. It also made it possible to create a clear line as to how the North and South states could be divided. The admittance of the state of California was the point at which the Missouri Compromise could not longer be utilized for this purpose.
What factor was used to decide whether or not an area could be open to slavery according to the Missouri compromise?
The factor used to decide whether an area could be open to slavery under the Missouri Compromise was its geographical location. This compromise established a line at latitude 36°30' where slavery would be permitted south of the line and prohibited north of it, with the exception of Missouri.
Was the compromise of 1850 called the Missouri Compromise?
No. The Missouri Compromise was in 1820 after Missouri entered the union as as slave state. To keep the Senate balanced, Maine was admitted as a free state. The final agreement stated that no slave states could enter the Union above the southern border of Missouri, which is mostly 36° 30' degrees N latitude.
