USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Congress adopted this legislation and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so that the balance between slave and free states in the nation would remain equal.

Detailed explanation-2: -This border represents what came to be known as the 36°30’ Missouri Compromise line. The Missouri Compromise established that any state formed below this line would be considered a slave state and any state formed above it would be a free state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Balancing Act Each state gets to send two people to the U.S. Senate. An equal number of senators from free and slave states meant neither side had an advantage for getting laws passed. By 1819, there was a delicate balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were very similar in that their main purpose was to balance the Senate with free and slave states. North and South each had to make concessions, but they were more equal in the Compromise of 1850.