In the early 1800s, by far the most controversial and controversial topic and topic of discussion was slavery. After the Revolution, most states north of Maryland began passing anti-slavery laws. Whereas in the first decades of the 19th century, most of the slave and pro-slavery states were in the South. There were three major compromises that attempted to be the solution to the problem of slavery, but none of them were fully successful in achieving their goals on the matter. The first of the compromises, which attempted to be the solution to the problem of slavery, that I What I would like to address is the Missouri Compromise, which was adopted in 1820. Basically, the Missouri Compromise was the agreement between the North and the South passed by Congress in 1820, which allowed Missouri to become the 24th state. Basically in 1819 this was proposed but it was not accepted because at the time there were 22 states in the United States divided equally between slave states and free states and as the Missouri was going to be admitted as a slave state, the North opposed it because then there would be no free state....