The compromise allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state, along with the addition of the Maine as a free state. The balance was kept with the compromise in 1820, however tension would reach a boiling point; that boiling point would be the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 sought to quell any undefined areas regarding slavery, through the adoption of popular sovereignty and the Fugitive Slave law. Concessions on both sides of the issue needed to be appeased to keep the nation together, however the compromise only heightened tensions. One part of the Missouri Compromise provided for popular sovereignty or the ability for individual states to choose whether they wanted to be slave or free; those in favor of slavery were not happy with
The compromise allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state, along with the addition of the Maine as a free state. The balance was kept with the compromise in 1820, however tension would reach a boiling point; that boiling point would be the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 sought to quell any undefined areas regarding slavery, through the adoption of popular sovereignty and the Fugitive Slave law. Concessions on both sides of the issue needed to be appeased to keep the nation together, however the compromise only heightened tensions. One part of the Missouri Compromise provided for popular sovereignty or the ability for individual states to choose whether they wanted to be slave or free; those in favor of slavery were not happy with