JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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Kept the balance of power in Congress
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Maine was a free state
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Slavery was forbidden north of 36 degree latitude line
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Missouri was a free state
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Missouri Compromise did not extend the practice of slavery into the Northwest Territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power in Congress, the Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Detailed explanation-5: -Regulating Slavery in the State of Missouri The “Missouri Compromise” allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, thus keeping the balance of slave and free states equal in Congress.