第十节-美国内战.pptVIP

Conflicts Arising from Slavery The westward expansion further intensified the struggle. In 1812, the states were equally divided, nine free states and nine slaveholding states. As more territory was added to the country through westward movement, there arose the problem of how to organize the new territory into states. Should it be a free state or a slaveholding state? Missouri Compromise To keep the new states evenly divided, congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. This compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and admitted Maine as a free state to keep the balance i