WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
RISE OF NATIVISM
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limit immigration from Europe
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reduce the conflict over slavery
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settle border disputes with Mexico
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control the migration of settlers to new western territories
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1850 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were very similar in that their main purpose was to balance the Senate with free and slave states. North and South each had to make concessions, but they were more equal in the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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.