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	Missouri Compromise: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The House rejected this compromise bill, but after a conference committee of members of both houses was appointed, the bills were treated separately, and in Mar., 1820, Maine was made a state and Missouri was authorized to adopt a constitution having no restrictions on slavery.
		A provision in the Missouri constitution barring the immigration of free fls to the state was objectionable to many Northern Congressmen, and necessitated another congressional compromise.
		Not until the Missouri legislature pledged that nothing in its constitution would be interpreted to abridge the rights of citizens of the United States was the charter approved and Missouri admitted to the Union (Aug., 1821).
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101259088 (1901 words)

	Missouri Compromise - LoveToKnow 1911
		MISSOURI COMPROMISE, an agreement (1820) between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the public territories.
		A bill to enable the people of Missouri to form a state government preliminary to admission into the Union came before the House of Representatives in Committee of the Whole, on the 13th of February 1819.
		Before the bill was returned to the house a second amendment was adopted on the motion of J. Thomas (1777-1850) of Illinois, excluding slavery from the "Louisiana Purchase" north of 36° 30' (the southern boundary of Missouri), except within the limits of the proposed state of Missouri.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Missouri_Compromise (0 words)

	Missouri Compromise - MSN Encarta
		Missouri Compromise, legislative measures enacted by the United States Congress in 1820 that regulated the extension of slavery in the United States for three decades.
		Missouri and Maine were to enter statehood simultaneously to preserve sectional equality in the Senate.
		The compromise became precedent for settling subsequent North-South disagreements over slavery and tariff issues, and it remained in effect until repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
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	Unit 3: Abolition and the Civil War
		Missouri Compromise, 1820: This agreement, worked out in the House and Senate, allowed Maine to be admitted to the Union as a free state, allowed Missouri to be admitted without restrictions on slavery, and banned slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territories north of Missouri's southern border.
		Compromise of 1833: In response to the Tariff Act of 1832, South Carolina passed an ordinance of nullification, which declared that the federal tariff laws were null and void.
		Compromise of 1850: This crisis arose from the request of the territory of California to be admitted to the Union as a free state.
	www.npg.si.edu /edu/brush/guide/unit3/statemn.html (1213 words)

	Today in History: August 10
		The question of Missouri's admission as a slave or free state led statesman Henry Clay to devise the Missouri Compromise of 1820, admitting Missouri as a slave state while admitting Maine as a free state, and prohibiting slavery in Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36º 30', Missouri's southern border.
		Missouri was the westernmost state in the Union until Texas was granted statehood in 1845.
		Louis, located at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in the southeastern part of the state, was called the "Gateway to the West" because it served as a staging area for wagon trains in the nineteenth century.
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	The Missouri Compromise (1820)
		The "Missouri question," as it was popularly termed, formally appeared in Congress in the month of December, 1818; tho during the preceding session petitions for a state government had been received from the inhabitants of the territory.
		A separate bill was passed, permitting Missouri to form a constitution preparatory to her admission, subject to the compromise, which, indeed, formed one section of the enabling Act.
		It was in this compromises not in the one of the preceding session, that Mr.
	www.multied.com /documents/Miscompromise.html (1472 words)

	Missouri Compromise, slavery in the Louisiana Purchase
		Missouri Compromise was a plan agreed upon by the United States Congress in 1820 to settle the debate over slavery in the Louisiana Purchase area.
		Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states, and the Missouri Compromise became possible.
		The Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
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	Missouri Compromise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Missouri Compromise was the first compromise that dealt with the issue of whether or not to allow slavery to spread into the territories of the United States.
		The second part of the compromise was that Missouri would be allowed into the Union as a slave state and Maine would be admitted into the Union as as a free state.
		The Missouri Compromise settled the dispute of slavery temporarily by pleasing both sides of the issue.
	pt3.sbu.edu /VFTs/CivilWar/missouri_compromise.htm (173 words)

	African Americans - Missouri Compromise
		Missouri Compromise, 182021, measures passed by the U.S. Congress to end the first of a series of crises concerning the extension of slavery.
		The House rejected this compromise bill, but after a conference committee of members of both houses was appointed, the bills were treated separately, and in Mar., 1820, Maine was made a state and Missouri was authorized to adopt a constitution having no restrictions on slavery.
		Not until the Missouri legislature pledged that nothing in its constitution would be interpreted to abridge the rights of citizens of the United States was the charter approved and Missouri admitted to the Union (Aug., 1821).
	www.africanamericans.com /MissouriCompromise.htm (377 words)

	Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
		Missouri petitions the U. House to be admitted to the Union for the second time.
		Bill permitting Missouri to draw up a state constitution to be admitted to the Union comes to the floor of the House.
		Missouri Compromise moves out of conference committee and to the floor of the House and Senate for debate.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Missouri_Compromise_(Compromise_of_1820) (734 words)

	Historical Documents and Speeches - The Missouri Compromise 1820
		With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and the application of Missouri for statehood, the long-standing balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states would be changed.
		The Missouri compromise also proposed that slavery be prohibited above the 36 30 latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
		That section numbered sixteen in every township, and when such section has been sold, or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the state for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools.
	www.historicaldocuments.com /MissouriCompromise.htm (417 words)

	Missouri Compromise: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)
		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.
		In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
		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 prohibit slavery in the territories.
	www.loc.gov /rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html (572 words)

	Missouri Prayer Mission
		In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed, allowing Maine in as a free state and Missouri in as slave state, keeping the ratio between slave and free states equal.
		The state's strategic position; the two rivers, Missouri and Mississippi; its abundant manpower, and natural resources made it imperative that she remain in the Union." Missouri did remain in the Union, but its governor at the time was pro-slavery and created a rebel government that voted to secede.
		Missouri was the "scene of savage and fierce fighting, mostly guerilla warfare with small bands of mounted raiders destroying anything military or civilian that could aid the enemy." Southwest Missouri, more than any other area, became home to a vicious and cruel guerilla war between sympathizers with the Confederate and Union sides.
	www.missouriprayer.com /stateHistory.html (1133 words)

	missouri compromise information on the missouri compromise of 1820 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Missouri Compromise, also called the Missouri Compromise of 1820, was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.
		A bill to enable the people of Missouri Territory to draft a constitution and form a government preliminary to admission into the Union came before the House of Representatives in Committee of the Whole, on the February 13, 1819 was part of the Missouri Compromise.
		The missouri compromise of 1820 was a very important piece of american history and of the american civil war.
	civilwar-history.com /Missouri-Compromise.aspx (593 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Missouri
		Missouri State in central USA, w of the Mississippi River; the capital is Jefferson City.
		Missouri Compromise (1820–21) Effort to end the dispute between slave and free states in the USA.
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Missouri (805 words)

	The Missouri Compromise
		Both states were admitted, a free Maine and a slave Missouri, and the balance of power in Congress was maintained as before, postponing the inevitable showdown for another generation.
		In an attempt to address the issue of the further spread of slavery, however, the Missouri Compromise stipulated that all the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri, except Missouri, would be free, and the territory below that line would be slave.
		Fascinating Fact: The Missouri Compromise was repealed by the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act and declared unconstitutional in the 1857 Dred Scott decision.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /secessioncrisis/200303.html (371 words)

	Historical Documents and Speeches - The Missouri Compromise 1820
		With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and the application of Missouri for statehood, the long-standing balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states would be changed.
		The Missouri compromise also proposed that slavery be prohibited above the 36 30 latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
		An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.
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	The Missouri Compromise
		The proposition for a compromise which was finally agreed to was originated by a Northern member, and not by Henry Clay, of Kentucky, as is generally supposed.
		But compromise seemed to be the only door through which Missouri might enter; and, by adroit management, a compromise bill was carried, March 2, 1820, by a vote of 134 against 42.
		The closing decision on the Missouri question was finally reached by the adoption of a compromise, Feb. 27, 1821, substantially as proposed by Taylor, of New York, in 1819—namely, that in all territory north of lat.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /slavery/missouri-compromise.htm (952 words)

	Missouri Compromise — Infoplease.com
		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.
		Missouri - Information on Missouri — economy, government, culture, state map and flag, major cities, points of interest, famous residents, state motto, symbols, nicknames, and other trivia.
		Missouri Compromise: state legislature will raise brewpub production ceiling to 10,000 barrels.
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	Missouri Comprise, 1820 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To receive Missouri with a constitution permitting slavery would have upset the balance in favor of the South in the Senate, though not in the House, where the difference in population gave Northerners 105 votes to the Southerners 81.
		In a move to limit slavery in Missouri and in the West, on February 13, 1819 New York Rep. James Tallmadge proposed an amendment to exclude slavery from the territory, which passed in the House but was blocked by Southern legislators in the Senate.
		Through fall the Missouri issue dominated national politics, hut the apparent stalemate broke when Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1819 and petitioned for admission to the Union as a free state.
	www.civilwarhome.com /missouricompromise.htm (352 words)

	Our Documents - Missouri Compromise (1820)
		This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation.
		With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and the application of Missouri for statehood, the long-standing balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states would be changed.
		The Missouri compromise also proposed that slavery be prohibited above the 36º 30´ latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
	www.ourdocuments.gov /doc.php?flash=true&doc=22 (248 words)

	Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
		But next it is said that the compromises of '50 and the ratification of them by both political parties, in '52, established a new principle, which required the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
		Missouri adjoins these territories, by her entire western boundary, and slavery is already within every one of her western counties.
	www.ashbrook.org /library/19/lincoln/peoria.html (14354 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		Lesson One—An Early Threat of Secession: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification Crisis.
		So “to form a more perfect union” in 1787, certain compromises were made in the Constitution regarding slavery in hopes that they would eventually be able to wean themselves off the “peculiar institution.” This settled the slavery controversy for the first few decades of the American republic.
		In addition to Maine's admission in 1820 as a free state and Missouri's eventual admission as a slave state (in 1821), Illinois Senator Jesse B. Thomas suggested that in the balance of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36º30' parallel (which ran along Missouri's southern border) slavery would be prohibited forever.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=658 (2998 words)

	Missouri Compromise - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Missouri Compromise, legislative measures enacted by the United States Congress in 1820 that regulated the extension of slavery in the United States...
		Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), U.S. law authorizing the creation of Kansas and Nebraska, west of the states of Missouri and Iowa and divided by the...
		President Polk and his cabinet favored extending the Missouri Compromise line west to the Pacific, a solution that would allow slavery in the New...
	encarta.msn.com /Missouri_Compromise.html (203 words)

	The Missouri Quarter - The United States Mint
		The Missouri quarter is the fourth quarter of 2003, and the 24th in the 50 State Quarters® Program.
		Missouri became the 24th state on August 10, 1821, as a part of the Missouri Compromise.
		The Missouri quarter depicts Lewis and Clark’s historic return to St. Louis down the Missouri River, with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) in the background.
	www.usmint.gov /mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?state=MO (336 words)

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