Question

What were the stipulations of the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 1

1. Missouri was admitted as a slave state
2. Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) was admitted as free state
3. Other than Missouri, slavery was to be excluded from the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30′.

Explanation:

Prior to the debate to bring Missouri into the country as a slave state the country was evenly divided as 11 free states and 11 slave states.

The debate over the admission of Missouri as a state lasted from December 1819 to March 1820. Finally, after the Senate and the House of Representatives passed different bills and a deadlock was seen as possible, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions:

1. Missouri was admitted as a slave state
2. Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) was admitted as free state
3. Other than Missouri, slavery was to be excluded from the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30′.