crittenden compromise
He proposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
The Missouri Compromise, passed in 1820, admitted Missouri to the ... This time, Speaker of the House Henry Clay proposed that Congress ...
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.
Henry Clay proposed the Missouri Compromise to address the growing tensions between free and slave states regarding Missouri's admission as a slave state. By balancing the interests of both sides, the compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state while Maine was admitted as a free state, maintaining the balance of power in Congress. Additionally, it established a geographic line (the 36°30' parallel) to determine the future status of slavery in the western territories, aiming to reduce sectional conflict.
In December 1860, the Crittenden Compromise was proposed by Senator John J. Crittenden in an attempt to avert the impending Civil War. This compromise sought to extend the Missouri Compromise line westward and protect slavery in southern territories while banning it in the north. It aimed to reconcile the differences between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions, but ultimately failed to gain sufficient support in Congress. The proposal highlighted the deep divisions in American society at the time, which would soon erupt into conflict.
Jefferson Davis proposed the Missouri compromise.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act prompted revision of the Missouri Compromise.
Henry Clay
He proposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Henry Clay
John Nelson has written: 'A discourse on the proposed repeal of the Missouri compromise' -- subject(s): Missouri compromise, Slavery
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise, passed in 1820, admitted Missouri to the ... This time, Speaker of the House Henry Clay proposed that Congress ...
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.
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.
The Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30' N parallel except within the boundaries of the proposed state, was part of the law passed on March 6, 1820 admitting Missouri as the 24th state in the Union.
The Kansas-Nebraska act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed white males to vote on whether an area would allow slavery.