THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
HENRY CLAY
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Question
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So if the new state had slaves they wouldn’t have to change to a non slave state.
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This was asked so The U.S. could nate note of their decision so they could tell other states.
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This kept both Free and Slave states balanced in the North and South so no conflicts were made.
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This was a test to see if the new settlers were good people that didn’t hold people captive as their property.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Detailed explanation-3: -Compromise of 1850, in U.S. history, a series of measures proposed by the “great compromiser, ” Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -All-encompassing sectional differences on the issue of slavery, such as outright support/opposition of slavery, economic practices, religious practices, education, cultural differences, and political differences kept the North and South at near constant opposition to one another on the issue of slavery.