Pros And Cons Of The Missouri Compromise

Tension had already been building up in the states about slavery. It reached a highpoint when Missouri asked to be admitted into the Union in 1819, as a slave state. This would upset the balance of an equal amount of slave states and free states. At the time, the U.S. contained 11 free states and 11 slave states. So they decided to make a compromise. The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance. Also slavery was to be excluded from the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30’, excluding Missouri. This Compromise had some pros and cons.

The Missouri Compromise, one of the most known agreements in American history, was an attempt presented by Henry Clay in calming sectional division between the Northern and Southern states over the issue of slavery. While the Missouri Compromise found a temporary solution in regards to representation resulting in twelve free states and twelve slave states(G), it also, however, ignited the strong feelings, opinions, and justifications of two opposing sides and "heralded" the future unsuccess of the Union. No longer could our forefathers postpone such an imminent issue as was done during the infancy of the United States government. The Missouri Compromise was a success in a sense, not merely

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 balanced the ratio of free and slave states when the balance was threatened when the Missouri Territory wanted to become a state. The Compromise resulted in Missouri joining as a slave state and Maine - breaking off of Massachusetts - joining as a free state (Document 2A). As a result, a line of compromise was put in place: anything above the chosen line became free territories - with the exception of Missouri - and anything below the chosen line became slave territories (Document 2A). This Compromise divided the nation physically into the free parts of the Union and the slave parts of the Union (Document 2A). However, this line of compromise also divided the nation politically. According to Robert Kagan, the nation was split between “both national parties, the society of slaveholders [and] the society of free labor” (Document 2B). Those in the South favored candidates and laws that supported slavery while those in the North favored candidates and laws that did not support or restricted slavery. Consequently, the government officials had to be divided regarding whether they support slavery or not. Also, the number of officials proslavery and anti-slavery had to be equal in order to please both the North and the South. In turn, in times of political debate regarding slavery, there was a clear division between the opposing of the debate. The

The Missouri Compromise was an effective temporally political compromise in reducing sectional tensions prior to the Civil War because it preserved a balance between the Northern and Southern states. In 1819, United States concluded with an equal number eleven slave and free states. However, settlers petitioned for Missouri as a slave state for its large population and became the first state to apply that was completely from the Louisiana purchase. Many opposed of Missouri as a free state due to the imbalance of states. This was resolved by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine

The Missouri Compromise showed two things: How America was always willing to come to some sort of an agreement, and how vastly different the views on slavery were in the north versus the south. In 1819, the territory of Missouri wanted to be admitted in the United States of America as a Slave state(Pageant, p. 180). This raised serious tensions between the North and the South.Whereas the the North had power in the House of Representatives, the south was able to maintain an equal balance of power in the Senate.

The Missouri Compromise was one of the great landmark episodes in a series of events that slowly led up to a fracturing of the northern and southern states which constitute the United States of America. Eventually, over time, and with the addition of other factors, this fracture would grow into the American Civil War. The Missouri compromise is not simply a bygone event, it is an important component of American history and it’s effects have altered the course of history. Had things gone differently the United States might have become a very different sort of place than it is today.

The United States of America fell apart over one major issue in the 1800s: slavery. U.S. leaders and authorities sought to keep the country together, but compromise after compromise, act after act, the U.S. just couldn’t keep itself together when it was already divided. One way that the leaders of America tried to keep the nation together was through the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri, a new state, to be a slave state while Maine was added as a free state. This compromise temporarily ended the slave debate, but did require that all states north of the Ohio River would be free states.

The Missouri Compromise was created by Henry Clay and it was passed in 1820.The Missouri compromise was made between Northern anti-slavery states and Southern pro-slavery states, because they wanted both states to be equal. During the Compromise, the north and south arugued with each other whether the new states should be slave state or free state. There were many effects that caused by the Missouri Compromise. For example, Maine entered the United Staes as a free state and Missouri entered the United Sates as a slave state. But the south lost the chance to admit more slave holding states besides what they owned in the small territory, and in the north Maine was separated from Massachusetts. During that age, slavery was banned in parts of the

The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to keep the delicate balance between the slave and free states that would have been upset by the addition of Missouri as a slave state. After a tedious back and forth between the free and slave states, Henry Clay, speaker of the house at the time, orchestrated the missouri compromise in March 1820. The compromise stated that congress would not restrict the admission of Missouri as a slave state but as a result Maine would be added as a free state. Northerners also wanted a prohibition of slavery in the remaining territory of the louisiana purchase north of 36° 30´ latitude line. The compromise was important because it put off the dreaded debate of slavery, albeit not for long. The compromise

The United States is currently in a crisis because of Missouri. The people have asked for it to become a state. However, the people of Missouri have also decided that slavery will be permitted there. It has caused a dilemma because many slave owners already live in Missouri while the north is opposed to it becoming a slave state. The Northern Congressmen speak out against allowing the territory to enter the Union as a slave state because it would upset the balance in Senate. At the same time Maine has asked Congress if it can become a free state.

In 1820 Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state. Since it would ruin the balance between Slave states and Free states in the Senate, Henry Clay came up with the Missouri compromise. What it did was make Missouri a Slave state and Maine a free state. “This law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line.”(Bibliography source #2) It also allowed the owners to recapture runaway slaves that fled to the North, like wanted posters describing them and how much for the reward. “Runaway from the subscriber, on the night of Thursday, the 30th of September” (Bibliography#3) They limited themselves by only applying the Compromise to the states gained in the Louisiana Purchase, this than led to the fighting after the Mexican war when America gained new territories in the West. This ruined the Missouri Compromise. Historians believe that if the Compromise had been applied to all

The Missouri Compromise caused some of the biggest conflicts in United States history. One of the biggest conflicts caused by the Missouri Compromise was the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise was passed forty-one years before the Civil War happened. It caused the disagreement between the north, the anti-slavery, and the south, the pro-slavery in the United States on the issue of slavery. The north did not like slavery and the south did. The Missouri Compromise was written by Henry Clay and both people who promote slavery and people who are against slavery agreed to it in Congress. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 agreeing to Missouri to be a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also banned slavery in the Louisiana Territory north from the latitude line which was thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes. The compromise stayed a law until it was canceled by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The

The Missouri compromise was a very important event that marked the beginning of the long battle against slavery. In the years leading up to the Missouri compromise tensions were rising between the North and the South. The states were all being divided into slave states and free states. Free states were states that were anti-slavery and were made up of mainly Northern states while slave states were states that supported slavery and were all mostly Southern states. Before the Missouri compromise the amounts of slave and free states were kept balanced. When Missouri met all the requirements to become a state and wanted to be admitted as a slave state, it threatened to tip the balance. The Missouri compromise allowed the admission of Missouri as a slave state while at the same time allowing Maine to be admitted as a free state, maintaining the balance. It also prohibited slavery in the states North of the southern boundary of Missouri. This conflict inspired other people and was the first major battle against slavery. It also kept the number of free and slave states even preventing the balance from being tipped in favor of slavery. One of the arguments that I intend to make to prove that the Missouri compromise was the beginning of this battle is that the Missouri Compromise prevented pro slavery states from gaining majority in the senate. A second point that I will make is that the Missouri compromise opened up serious debates and conversations that otherwise may not have

The Missouri Compromise was a temporary solution to the issue of slavery and territorial rights such as the movement West. Two areas of land wanted to become states in 1820, known as Maine and Missouri. Maine wanted to enter as a free state with no slavery as everyone in that area was against it and wanted it abolished. Missouri wanted to enter as a slave state and was all for slavery and wanted it to be spread all throughout the country. The compromise everyone came into conclusion with, was that there would be no slavery allowed north of 36° 30’ latitude. This angered the Southerners because their intention was to promote slavery not have it abolished. They realized that this compromise threatened the balance between free and slave states; Maine and Missouri. In order to expand slavery, the South felt that the United States would need territory from Mexico. The only area of land left was in Arkansas and that line became known as the Missouri Compromise line. The impact that the Missouri Compromise had on the United States was tremendous and had many effects on issues such as national politics, the institution of slavery, and the overall togetherness of the nation as a whole.

The Missouri Compromise stated Missouri would be a slave state and Maine would be carved out of Massachusetts and created into a non-slave state. The Missouri Compromise really angered the North, contributing to the Civil War.