THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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The Compromise balanced the number of slave and free states admitting Missouri and Maine into the U.S.
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The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate angering Henry Clay.
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The Compromise led to the opening shots of the Civil War.
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The Compromise provided rules for admitting Texas to the U.S.
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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: -Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise? The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Introduction. 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-5: -The Missouri Compromise did not extend the practice of slavery into the Northwest Territory.