Creating Factions

Missouri Compromise of 1820:
           The Missouri Compromise could have completely changed the United States if it was handled differently. The decision was wether or not Missouri would become a slave state or not. This was a big deal because if Missouri became a slave it make slave states the majority. On March 3, 1820, it was decided by the Houze of Representativez and the Senate, in Congress, that Missouri would temporarily be admitted as a slave state. This was only because Maine, which used to be part of Massachusetts, became a non-slave state. The law then said, and Missouri agreed, that slavery would be illegal in the Louisiana Territory in all of the northern states, yet allowed in the southern states.

           In George Washington's Farewell Address he simplifies Madison's ideas of Factions, groups with a common interest, and describes how the North and the South are a kind of factions because half of the states want slavery and the others do not. The Missouri Compromise ensures that these to faction exisit even more. It does this by making it that only the southern states may have slavery and the northern states may not. Overall the Missouri Compromise ended up hurting the United States more than making everyone happy. It was in the best interests of the people, but not in the best interest of the United States.

           The Mussouru Compromise very much ties into what we have been learning in class. In Federalist Paper 10, it spoke a lot about factions and how they would cause problems in the United States. The Missouri Compromise caused to huge groups of faction in a very intense and important subject, slavery. It also has to do with the Constitution a little bit because it talks about how if Missouri is considered a new state two things must happen. First off, it must not have land of another state and also it MUST have all the rights of the other states.