THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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to let people decide under popular sovereignty to be a slave state or a free state
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any territories above the 36’30 line would have no slavery, any territories below it would have slavery
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any territories above the 36’30 line would have slavery, any territories below it would not have slavery
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None of the above
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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: -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-3: -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-4: -The compromise divided the lands of the Louisiana Purchase into two parts. Slavery would be allowed south of latitude 36 degrees 30’. But north of that line, slavery would be forbidden, except in the new state of Missouri.
Detailed explanation-5: -The North was outraged. The Kansas-Nebraska act made it possible for the Kansas and Nebraska territories (shown in orange) to open to slavery. The Missouri Compromise had prevented this from happening since 1820.