The United States government needed to get involved and balance out the number of “free states” and “slave states” when Missouri wanted to to be its own state. It was a slave state and the Senate passed the Missouri Compromise which allowed Missouri to be a “slave state” and then Maine would be a “free state”. Then it was added on to that slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. That part of the compromise halted slavery from moving and growing into the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. It was best said that“ it was becoming clear that strong opposing positions on slavery were beginning to take root” (Emer 3+). The Missouri Compromise was a way for Congress to make the decision on whether slavery would be legal in new territories and the first attempt to find a compromise and beginning solutions for slavery. It set a precedent that Congress could control slavery. There was a lot of heated debate on the issue, for a while it did reduce tension, but it did not remove the underlying problems of slavery. There were still slave states and free states, and the split over slavery would take decades to
The United States government needed to get involved and balance out the number of “free states” and “slave states” when Missouri wanted to to be its own state. It was a slave state and the Senate passed the Missouri Compromise which allowed Missouri to be a “slave state” and then Maine would be a “free state”. Then it was added on to that slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. That part of the compromise halted slavery from moving and growing into the rest of the Louisiana Purchase. It was best said that“ it was becoming clear that strong opposing positions on slavery were beginning to take root” (Emer 3+). The Missouri Compromise was a way for Congress to make the decision on whether slavery would be legal in new territories and the first attempt to find a compromise and beginning solutions for slavery. It set a precedent that Congress could control slavery. There was a lot of heated debate on the issue, for a while it did reduce tension, but it did not remove the underlying problems of slavery. There were still slave states and free states, and the split over slavery would take decades to