JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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It Admitted Missouri as a slave state
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It established the 36th Parallel as the boundary for slavery
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It Admitted Maine as a slave state
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It was a compromise between free and slave states
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Missouri Compromise did not extend the practice of slavery into the Northwest Territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30’ latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress established Maine as the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thereby preserving the numerical balance between free and slave states in the nation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Missouri Compromise was accepted because it: 1) maintained congressional balance in the Senate, 2) allowed for certain new territories to be slave states, and 3) allowed certain new territories to be non-slavery states.