2. WHAT WAS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE?
An agreement about slavery laws in the expansion
of new states.
Missouri became a slave state.
Maine was free.
Boundaries of slavery were limited to the same
latitude as the southern boundary of Missouri.
19th Century Maine
19th Century Missouri
3. EVENTS THAT MADE IT NECESSARY
In 1818, less
than 45% of
seats in the
House of
Representatives
were Southern
states.
There were many
arguments on
whether to make
new states slave
states or not.
4. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT?
This was important because there were and
even number of slave states, and an even
number of free states in the House of
Representatives.
To define which states were slave states and
which were not.
This way, there were 11 slave states, and 11
free states
