The plan called for the admission of Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state; whereby the division in the Senate would be preserved. It also provided that slavery would not exist above the parallel which constituted the bottom of the Missouri state line. read more
The Missouri Compromise was significant because it helped to reduce tensions between the North and the South. By doing so, it helped to delay the Civil War. It is also significant, however, because it is the first real manifestation of those tensions. read more