THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
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The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
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The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
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The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.
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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 border represents what came to be known as the 36°30’ Missouri Compromise line. The Missouri Compromise established that any state formed below this line would be considered a slave state and any state formed above it would be a free state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Missouri Compromise did not extend the practice of slavery into the Northwest Territory.
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.