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What compromiose did Henry Clay propose for admiting Missouri to the union?
He proposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
What made the Missouri comprimse necessary?
The Missouri Compromise, passed in 1820, admitted Missouri to the ... This time, Speaker of the House Henry Clay proposed that Congress ...
What was the name for the compromise proposed by Henry Clay for the admission of Missouri to the US and what did it say?
The name for the compromise proposed by Henry Clay for the admission of Missouri to the United States was the Missouri Compromise. It said that Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It kept the balance of power in the Senate between the slave states and free states. It also called for slavery to be banned from the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36˚ 30', Missouri's southern border.
What about slavery above north of the line of Missouri compromise?
North of that line, slavery was illegal in all the territories of the Louisiana Purchase, according to the Missouri Compromise. The acquisition of the new territories from Mexico required a new Compromise (1850) and this one did not work. Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed the people of each state to vote whether to be slave or free. The voting in Kansas caused bloodshed, and it was not tried again. But the imminent Civil War would spell the end of slavery throughout the USAin any case.
What were the main issues that led to Henry Clays proposed compromise?
People complained about having slaves. Some people liked having slaves and some people didn't. In the end, Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state.
