at the heart of the missouri compromise was the issue of louisiana purchase.
at the heart of the missouri compromise was the issue of louisiana purchase.
at the heart of the missouri compromise was the issue of?
louisiana purchase
at the time of the city of kansas's incorporation, missouri was still a slave state. however, the population was deeply divided over the issue of slavery. in 1854, the united states congress passed the kansas–nebraska act, which rejected the 1820 missouri compromise and allowed new territories to choose whether they wished to allow slavery, whereas the missouri compromise had prohibited slavery in any new states to be created north of latitude 36°30'. thus, according to the missouri compromise, kansas territory (located immediately to the west of the city of kansas, missouri) had been a free territory but now could choose to permit slavery.
history of the kansas city metropolitan area
section::::new territories.:missouri compromise.









































controversy over whether missouri should be admitted as a slave state resulted in the missouri compromise of 1820, which specified that louisiana purchase territory north of latitude 36° 30', which described most of missouri's southern boundary, would be organized as free states and territory south of that line would be reserved for organization as slave states. as part of the compromise, the admission of maine (1820) as a free state was secured to balance missouri's admission as a slave state (1820).









































section::::new territories.:texas and the mexican cession.
slave states and free states