THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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To ease the tensions between the North and the South
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To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
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To ensure that all slaves were free
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To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canda
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the United States government to appease slave-holding states, who feared the admittance of too many so-called free states would cause the institution of slavery to end.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was the Missouri Compromise so important to the Senate? It maintained a delicate balance between free and slave states. On the single most divisive issue of the day, the U.S. Senate was equally divided. If the slavery question could be settled politically, any such settlement would have to happen in the Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Contents. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a law that tried to address growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery. By passing the law, which President James Monroe signed, the U.S. Congress admitted Missouri to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, and Maine as a free state.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -When Maine applied for statehood in 1819 as a free state, Southern members of Congress threatened to prevent Maine’s admittance. Faced with deadlock, the Congress agreed to the Missouri Compromise in 1820. This agreement allowed Missouri to enter the United States as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state.