The Compromises Questions and Answers Already Passed

The Compromises Questions and Answers Already Passed What were the various views on slavery in the west? The majority of states in the north wanted to be free states while the states in the south wanted to continue to have slavery. Everyone wanted the number of free states to be the same as the number of slave states. When Missouri became a state, it threw off the equality, so a line was made, 36'30, which was used to say that the states above the 36'30 would be called free states and states below the line would be slave states, where slave trading was allowed. These were the various views on slavery. What was the goal of the free soil party? The main objective of the free soil party was to prevent the extension of slavery into the new territories acquired from Mexico. What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise (or the Compromise of 1820)? The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to keep a balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states in the Union. It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state at the same time Maine entered as a free state, thus maintaining a balance in numbers of free and slave states. Slavery was prohibited in new states north of the southern border of Missouri, but as this was, for reasons of climate and soil, the limit of cotton growing areas, the southern slave states accepted this