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Citation: Conference committee report on the Missouri Compromise, March 1, 1820; Joint Committee of Conference on the Missouri Bill, 03/01/1820-03/06/1820; Record Group 128l; Records of Joint Committees of Congress, 1789-1989;
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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
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www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html
www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html
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The Missouri Compromise "A Balance of Power" March 3, 182 ... Through the efforts of Henry Clay, "the great pacificator," a compromise was finally reached on March 3, 1820, after Maine petitioned Congress for statehood.
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a congressional agreement that regulated the extension of SLAVERY in the United States for the next 30 years.
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law.jrank.org/pages/8608/Missouri-Compromise-1820.html
law.jrank.org/pages/8608/Missouri-Compromise-1820.html
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Historical Document; 1820; ... The issue was resolved with a two-part compromise. The northern part of Massachusetts became Maine and was admitted to the Union as a free state at the same time that Missouri was admitted as a slave state, thereby maintaining a balance of 12 slave and 12 free states.
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The Missouri Compromise, 1820; When Missouri sought statehood in 1819, the question of whether it would be admitted to the Union as a slave or free state set off a fierce sectional debate between Northern and Southern legislators.
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Population in 1820; ... 36° 30' Missouri ; Compromise Line ... Closed to slavery by Missouri Compromise...
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www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson1/
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