THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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11
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7
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10
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15
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Detailed explanation-1: -By 1819, there was a delicate balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Just before the Civil War, there were 19 free states and 15 slave states. During the war, slavery was abolished in some of these jurisdictions, and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in December 1865, finally abolished slavery throughout the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nine new slave states entered the Union between 1789 and 1860, rapidly expanding and transforming the South into a region of economic growth built on slave labor.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the time, there were 11 free states and 10 slave states. Southern congressmen feared that the entrance of Missouri as a free state would upset the balance of power between North and South, as the North far outdistanced the South in population, and thus, U.S. representatives.
Detailed explanation-5: -There were 22 states in the Union, 11 free and 11 slave states.