Slave States: Slave states were states where slavery was legal and practiced. They allowed people to own slaves.
Missouri Compromise: The Missouri Compromise was a legislation passed in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also establishing a line across the Louisiana Territory dividing future territories into slave and free regions.
Compromise of 1850: The Compromise of 1850 was a package of legislations that aimed to maintain the balance between free and slave states by allowing California to enter as a free state while also introducing stricter fugitive slave laws.