Missouri Compromise and compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise (1820)
~ Maine enters United States as as a free state
~ Missouri enters as a slave state
~ Slavery prohibited in remainder of the Louisiana Purchase
Compromise of 1850
~ California admitted as a free state
~ New Mexico would have no restrictions on slavery
~ New Border between Texas and Mexico
~ Slave trade, but NOT slavery, banned in Washington DC
~ Stronger fugitive slave laws
~ Maine enters United States as as a free state
~ Missouri enters as a slave state
~ Slavery prohibited in remainder of the Louisiana Purchase
Compromise of 1850
~ California admitted as a free state
~ New Mexico would have no restrictions on slavery
~ New Border between Texas and Mexico
~ Slave trade, but NOT slavery, banned in Washington DC
~ Stronger fugitive slave laws