The Impact of the Missouri Compromise on State Admissions from Louisiana Territory
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 resolved tensions over slavery by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. It banned slavery above the 36.30 N latitude in the Louisiana Purchase except for Missouri. This compromise aimed to balance the number of slave and free states in the Union, addressing the growing divisions between the North and South.
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SSUSH8 Explore the relationship between slavery, growing North and South divisions, and westward expansion that led to the outbreak of the Civil War. A. Explain the impact of the Missouri Compromise on the admission of states from the Louisiana Territory.
The Era of Good Feelings was a time of nationalism, but there were growing problems between the North and South (called sectionalism) American Slave Population, 1790-1820
Northerners & Southerners disagreed over slavery, taxes, and the role of government These disagreements dominated politics from 1820 to 1860 American Slave Population, 1790-1820
Leading up to the Missouri Compromise In 1819 the U.S. consisted of 11 free and 11 slave states Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state in 1819 One of the first states from the LA Purchase debate ensued on whether it would enter the Union as a free or slave state.
When Missouri applied to become a U.S. state, sectionalism emerged Northerners did not want Southern states to increase power in the national gov t If Missouri entered as a slave state, the South would have 2 more Senators than the North
In 1820, Henry Clay negotiated the Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) Maine broke from Massachusetts and became a free state Missouri became a slave state Slavery was outlawed in all western territories above the latitude of 36 30'
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri Compromise of 1820 settled the impasse by 1. banning slavery in all land within the LA Purchase lying above the 36 30 N parallel, 2. with the exception of Missouri, which entered the Union in 1821 as a slave state. 3. To balance the proportion of slave & free states, Maine entered the Union in 1820 as a free state.
Why would the South agree not to expand slavery into the Unorganized Louisiana Territory?
Practice Questions How did the 1820 Missouri Compromise maintain a balance of free and slave states in the nation? A) the U.S. Senate is slow to abandon neutrality B) Missouri entered the Union as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state C) Congress agreed to allow states to vote on where they wanted to be free or slave D) the southern states agreed to abandon the Ordinance of Nullification and not secede.
