Why did Missouri’s application for statehood in 1817 create a political crisis?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. There were several thousand slaves in Missouri at the time it applied for statehood.
2. When Missouri’s application came before Congress in 1819, it brought sectional fears and
anxieties to the surface.
3. Many northerners resented southern control of the presidency and the political advantages the South got from the three-fifths clause.
4. The South feared for the future of the balance of power between North and South.
5. The House passed an amendment calling for the gradual abolition of slavery in Missouri as a condition of statehood, but the Senate rejected the provision.
6. The eventual compromise brought Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri into the Union as a slave state and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern border of Missouri.
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