To solve this Missouri isadmitted as a slave state, satisfying the south and Maine is admitted as a free state, then it was decided that all states above the 36°-30° N line would be free states and all below would be slave states.
Missouri causes panic in the senate because they have applied to become a state but it would upset the balance of power between free and slave states in the senate
Free State
Popular Sovereignty
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, split the remainder of the Mexican-Cession into Utah and New Mexico and gave them popular sovereignty (control over whether they allowed slavery. The compromise also amended the fugitive slave act saying that slaves could be captured and brought back into slavery. Finally the compromise banned slave trade in Washington D.C
Fugitive Slave Act
No Slave Trade
John Brown
Popular Sovereignty
Pro-Slavery Advocate
The Kansas-Nebraska Act Repealed the Missouri Compromise saying it was unconstitutional and created two new territories known as Kansas and Nebraska. These New territories were given power over whether they would be slave territories so anti and pro-slavery advocated fled to Kansas trying to sway the vote this led to bloody conflict known as bleed ing Kansas.