USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures proposed by U.S. Senator Henry Clay and passed by the U.S. Congress to settle several issues connected to slavery and avert the threat of dissolution of the Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -There were 11 free states and 11 slave states. This is significant because there was an equal number of free and slave states. This balance of states was important, as one extra state-slave or free-would tip the balance of power in the U.S. government.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main idea of the Slave Trade Compromise was that newly enslaved people from Africa could not be imported into the United States after 1808. This compromise was designed to appease southern farmers who wanted to enslave people and allow for a massive blow to the slave trade commerce.