The Missouri Compromise: After The Civil War

The Missouri Compromise was the resolution to the conflict involving those for slavery (the South) against those opposed to slavery (the North). Antagonism between the North and the South began to emerge in 1820 when Missouri applied to the United States as a slave state. At the time, in 1819, the United States had exactly eleven slave states and exactly eleven free states; by allowing Missouri into the nation, that balance would be disrupted and the Senate would be spiked towards the South. Missouri was admitted into the nation, however, the House approved an amendment outlawing any imported slaves from Africa to Missouri and set the children of slaves free. Ultimately the Senate rejected the amendment forcing Missouri out of the nation. The