As new states are formed in the West, the big question becomes would those states be Free states or the Slave States? The southern states want to allow slavery the north, however, wants all new states to be Free states. In 1819 there are eleven slave states and eleven Free states. To keep both sides happy and keep the country together their main goal was to keep the number balancing. This is because of the representatives in each state that gets in the Senate. Well, each state gets two senators per state. The more states you have there will be more votes in the congress which will lead you to take control over laws so if there are more slave states slavery will be protected and if there are more Free states slavery will be banned or in other