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January 24, 2013 II. Sectionalism - Disagreement between regions (North and South) A. Missouri Compromise 1) Missouri applies for statehood as a slave state. 2) U.S. currently has 11 slave and 11 free states. Balance of power in the Senate would be disrupted. 3) Henry Clay proposes a Compromise. 3 Main Conditions of the Missouri Compromise 1. Missouri enters Union as a slave state 2. Maine joins the Union as a free state 3. Slavery is prohibited in any new territories or state North of the 36° N Latitude (Missouri's southern border) Compromise is only a "band-aid" for the issue of Slavery. This issue will NOT go away
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January 24, 2013
II. Sectionalism - Disagreement between regions(North and South)
A. Missouri Compromise1) Missouri applies for statehood as a slave
state.2) U.S. currently has 11 slave and 11 free
states. Balance of power in the Senate would be disrupted.
3) Henry Clay proposes a Compromise.
3 Main Conditions of the Missouri Compromise
1. Missouri enters Union as a slave state2. Maine joins the Union as a free state3. Slavery is prohibited in any new territories or state
North of the 36° N Latitude (Missouri's southernborder)
Compromise is only a "band-aid" for the issueof Slavery. This issue will NOT go away
January 24, 2013
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