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brought an end to the Era of Good Feelings. These conflicts continued to worsen in
1824. Henry Clay was an example of this, he was an important member of Congress
and leader of the Whig Party and was a skilled politician and helped create the
Missouri Compromise. Missouri wanted to become a new state, and many
landowners in Missouri already had slaves. At this time, the number of states was
evenly divided between free and slave. When the issue of Missouri becoming a state
came before Congress, the Free states voted against it, while the slave states voted
for it.
The Missouri Compromise had settled the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Territory.
Most Americans agreed that it was a state problem. However, many people still
opposed slavery and most Northern states had either ended slavery, or passed
gradual emancipation laws. Abolitionists in the North even sent petitions to the
House of Representatives asking it to find a way to end slavery.

In conclusion, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 to make both
slave and Free states happy. The compromise added the new slave state of Missouri
but also created the free state of Maine, so that the balance of slave states and Free
states would not change. The Missouri Compromise is a very significant event in
American history, due to the fact that many people opposed slavery and most
Northern states had either ended slavery, or passed gradual emancipation laws.