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United States History question: What was the Missouri Compromise? An agreement between the North and the South and passed by Congress in 1820 that allowed...
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Encyclopedia: Missouri Compromise
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Missouri Compromise, 1820–21, measures passed by the U.S. Congress to end the first of a series of crises concerning the extension of slavery. More on Missouri Compromise from Infoplease: Missouri Compromise: meaning and definitions - Missouri Compromise: Definition and Pronunciation...
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In an attempt to address the issue of the further spread of slavery, however, the Missouri Compromise stipulated that all the Louisiana Purchase territory...
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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 brought Missouri, a slave state, and Maine, a free state, into the Union. When Missouri applied to become a state, in 1819, the Union had 22 states, 11 allowing slavery and 11 outlawing it. Missouri wanted to become a slave state. Anti-slavery leaders were afraid that allowing another slave...
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Missouri Compromise: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Services and Programs, Digital Reference Section, Library of Congress) Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to...
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Ever since the Missouri Compromise, the balance between slave states and free states had been maintained; any proposal that threatened this balance would almost certainly not win approval. ¥ There was a dispute over land: Texas claimed that its territory extended all the way to Santa Fe.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the group of laws referred to as the "Compromise of 1850." In this compromise, the antislavery advocates gained the admission of California as a free state, and the prohibition of slave-trading in the District of Columbia.
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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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