Did the Missouri Compromise deal with sectional conflict over slavery?
Yes, it did. The Missouri Compromise was all about sectionalism. James Tallmadge from the state of New York in Legislature wanted to stop transportation of slavery into the Missouri Territory and would then end slavery in Missouri. The amendment passed the House in February 1819, but failed in the Senate. Sectionalism was said to be so easily seen, that you could tell in the debates between North and South. Ten months later, Maine had a bill past to make it a state. By pairing Missouri with Maine, the balance in the Senate remained even between North and South. The two bills, (that of Maine and Missouri for statehood) were combined and both entered the Union at the same time. Also, the compromise was that it stopped slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase North of the southern boundary of Missouri (36°30’N lat). The house this time, rejected this bill, however, after a committee it was decided the two states should be treated as two bills and entered together in March 1920. Misso
