I got it! We will admit Missouri as a slave state, and admit Maine as a free one. That way there will be balance. For now...
The Missouri Compromise
With new land being considered to become a state of the U.S. there is much controversy if California should be a free state or not. So the compromise of 1850 was made...
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
But little did anyone know that this lead to bleeding Kansas, which lead to a war inside Kansas with one side supporting slavery and the other one not.
I request that the people living in the state should decide if they want slavery or not. We will call this popular sovereignty.
There has been much controversy, with adding Kansas and Nebraska as a free or slave state. Stephen Douglass requested this...