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Missouri Compromise
Abraham Lincoln did not believe that he needed to compromise with the South on the issue of expansion of slavery in the Territories. He thought that the Southern States were bluffing and would not leave the Union.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a compromise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Congress agreeing to prohibit slavery in states north of the parallel 36°30' north except in the state of Missouri. Additionally, the state of Maine was allowed to join the Union as a free state. This compromise was passed due to concerns of the creation of the state of Missouri destroying the delicate balance between slave states and free states in Congress.
Slavery was banned when the Civil war began on on April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m.
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