Political parties avoided the issue of slavery for many years after the Missouri compromise.
Political parties avoided the issue of slavery for many years after the Missouri compromise.
in 1840 whigs won power largely due to
Missouri compromise...
None. It was a successful compromise that kept the peace for thirty years.
41 years
Missouri compromise...
Thirty years of peace. It was a well-balanced arrangement.
No - in the North. It banned slavery anywhere North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. This was a successful compromise which kept the peace for thirty years.
If you date it from the Missouri Compromise (1820), the answer is forty-one years.
It kept the peace for thirty years - so it benefited both sides. Ironically both sides were dissatisfied with it, but at least they were equally dissatisfied, and it managed to keep the balance.
No. The Compromise allowed the Missouri territory to join the USA as a slave-state. The condition was that there should be no more new slave-states North of the parallel that marked Missouri's Southern border. This represented a clear 'line in the sand' that kept the peace for thirty years, until the admission of California made the Compromise inoperable.