Missouri+Compromise

The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between slavery and antislavery in 1820. The United States wanted to create an equal amount of free states as slave states. That stayed true until the admission of Missouri as a state; then the equal amounts were thrown off. With adding new states, Congress wanted to maintain the balance in Congress as well. They came to the Compromise that they would admit Maine as a free state and have Missouri be a slave state. It also prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory. The Missouri Compromise stayed in affect until in 1854 when the Kansas-Nebraska act repeald it.The Missouri Compromise helped in keping the uninon together for more than 30 years. During this time period, territories began to become states such as: Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama. All in all, the United States were forming and negotiating territories and land.

__Thresis:__ The Missouri Compromise demonstrated the growing spirit of nationalism, due to the desire to create an equal amount of free and slave states, and still continue to raise the state count. The want to maintain the growth in states and keep the union strong shows the start of a powerful, and secure Nation.

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