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What agreement attempted to address a crisis over slavery?
The Missouri Compromise was the first attempt to ease the looming crisis over slavery. It effectively prevented the spread of slavery into new states but did nothing to eliminate slavery in current slave states.
Which of the following statements were included in the Crittenden Compromise of 1860?
it was rejected by congress and the president.
Why was there no new compromise over slavery?
Southern states relied on slaves for their cotton production which was vital to their survival .
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.)
What is another name for the Missouri compromise line?
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 and designated where slavery would be allowed when a new state entered the union. This line was also called the Mason-Dixon line.
What was the compromise that determined the future of slavery in the new states after 1820?
The Missouri Compromise - No slavery North of the parallel 36.30
The Missouri Compromise decided the legality of slavery in the new states of Missouri and?
Maine apexs
What was the underlying issue the Missouri Compromise was intend to address?
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
The Missouri compromise decided the legality of slavery in the new states Missouri and?
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Why did the northerners protest Douglas's plan to repeal The Missouri Compromise?
The northerners protests DouglasÕs plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise because it would have made slavery legal in the northern territories. The Missouri Compromise had outlawed slavery in territories and new states above the Missouri Compromise line.
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To end an argument about slavery in the territories (apex)
A battle over extending slavery finally results in two new states and an agreement on how to handle slavery in the territories?
Missouri Compromise
What two new new states were admitted by The Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise allowed two new states to be admitted. The two states that were admitted are Maine and Missouri.
True or false The Missouri Compromise forbid the expansion of slavery west of the Mississippi?
False. The Missouri Compromise was meant to lay down the boundary for the new states. Anywhere North of that parallel was free soil. South of it could be slave-states.
What act in essence repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing popular sovereignty in territories that had been legally closed to slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 essentially repealed the Missouri Compromise (1820) by allowing new states to determine whether slavery would be allowed there or not.
What agreement attempted to address a crisis over slavery?
The Missouri Compromise was the first attempt to ease the looming crisis over slavery. It effectively prevented the spread of slavery into new states but did nothing to eliminate slavery in current slave states.
What drew a line north of any new states would be free states and south of any new states would be slave states?
The Missouri Compromise - a line of latitude fixed at Missouri's Southern border.
