Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise (1820–21) A series of measures passed by the US Congress to end controversy over the extension of slavery in the territories beyond existing state boundaries. It was agreed that Maine would enter the Union of the United States as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and that slavery would be prohibited elsewhere in the
LOUISIANA PURCHASE north of 36° 30′. This held out to the South the prospect of Florida and Arkansas being admitted as slave states, while securing the greater proportion of unsettled territory to the free North. The Compromise of 1820 temporarily laid the issue of slavery to rest, but the drawing of precise geographical lines between slave and non-slave areas led to fresh divisions.
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A balancing act: the Missouri Compromise.
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...understand the Compromise of 1850, it is...compromise. The Missouri Compromise of 1820...opportunity for compromise. Maine was admitted...free state, while Missouri was authorized...believed the Missouri Compromise deepened the hostility...realized. The Missouri ...
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The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America
Magazine article from: The Arkansas Historical Quarterly; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery...congressional debates over Missouri, which Robert Pierce...silence created by the 1820 Compromise with respect to slavery...the early stages of the Missouri debate is briefly mentioned...
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The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery...telling the story of the Missouri Compromise--not just...forces from having to compromise on the slavery issue...overdramatized" the Missouri Compromise "and underemphasized...
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Missouri Compromise a godsend?; At least it delayed the Civil War
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 2/25/2007; ; 598 words
; ...several detours and one was the Missouri Compromise, which was agreed to this week...To set the stage, by 1818 the Missouri Territory finally had gained...residents were mostly southerners, Missouri petitioned Congress for entrance...
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Crafting the compromise.(Missouri Compromise)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...slavery." Failure to adopt the compromise, Clay implied, could destroy...The debates surrounding this compromise were dramatic. South Carolina...believed that to succeed, the compromise must maintain necessary...when a Democratic colleague, Missouri's Thomas Hart Benton, suddenly...
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The Missouri Compromise
Map from: Maps.com U.S. History Maps; 1/1/1999; 255 words
; 00-00-0000 Map of The Missouri Compromise Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean L. Michigan L...Superior Colorado R. Rio Grande Mississippi R. Missouri R. Ohio R. Gulf Of Mexico Missouri (Admitted As Slave State In 1821) Illinois Louisiana...
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Missouri compromise on credit union legislation
Magazine article from: Bank News; 5/1/1998; ; 422 words
; A Missouri compromise has been reached on credit union legislation under consideration by the Missouri General Assembly. HB 1323 as introduced...occupation and geographic common bonds. The Missouri legislation would grandfather all existing...
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Missouri Compromise: state legislature will raise brewpub production ceiling to 10,000 barrels.
Magazine article from: Modern Brewery Age; 5/24/1993; 700+ words
; ...Brewery) recently ended in compromise, as the Missouri legislature prepared to approve...off, and quietly negotiated a compromise level of 17,500 barrels with...off their lobbyists. When the Missouri state Senate approved a house...
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A Missouri Compromise with an eye on future
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 9/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...get Gabbert snaps all season. Missouri blew out a lot of opponents last...is finding a way to make this Missouri Compromise work so Daniel gets enough stats...head start on the next era of Missouri football. Reach Joe Walljasper...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 4/25/2001; 687 words
; ...research facilities and the Missouri Catholic Conference was critical...different version favored by Missouri Right to Life was so restrictive...aborted or miscarried. The compromise amendment was offered by Sen...the abortion debate, the Missouri Senate has taken a step in...
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Missouri Compromise of 1820
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...this change Missouri and Maine were...Union. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 merely...Union, new compromises with slavery...necessary. The compromise of 1850 redrew...prescription of the Missouri Compromise...
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The Missouri Compromise
Book article from: American Eras
The Missouri Compromise Slavery in Missouri. When Missouri applied for admission to the Union as a state in 1819, slavery was already a way of life there. Even before the United States acquired the Louisiana Territory (including the parts that...
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
Missouri Compromise (1820) James L. Huston Excerpt from the Missouri Compromise And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded...Senate and the House on final versions of the bill, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise
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Missouri Compromise
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a congressional agreement...1878), pp. 1107 – 1108. Missouri Compromise An Act to Authorize the People of the Missouri Territory to Form a Constitution and State Government...
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Compromise of 1850
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Compromise of 1850, a series of laws...tradition of complex federal compromises over slavery's expansion...Washington, D.C. , a compromise between antislavery forces...Although each element of the compromise garnered a majority vote...the reversal of the 1820 Missouri Compromise and ...
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