MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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territories would use popular sovereignty to vote on the issue of slavery
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slavery would not be allowed in the territory gained from the Mexican-American War
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established the 36’30 parallel to determine the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Territory
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Missouri Compromise also proposed that slavery be prohibited above the 36º 30’ latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory. This provision held for 34 years, until it was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
Detailed explanation-2: -This so-called Missouri Compromise drew a line from east to west along the 36th parallel, dividing the nation into competing halves-half free, half slave. The House passed the compromise bill on March 2, 1820.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Compromise of 1850 was made up of five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-48).