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	Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Missouri Compromise, also called the 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.
		Before the bill was returned to the house, a second amendment was adopted on the motion of Jesse Burgess Thomas of Illinois, excluding slavery from the Missouri Territory north of 36° 30’ (the southern boundary of Missouri), except within the limits of the proposed state of Missouri.
		When the question of the final admission of Missouri came up during the session of 1820-1821, the struggle was revived over a clause in the new constitution (1820) requiring the exclusion of "free negroes and mulattoes" from the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Missouri_Compromise (570 words)

	Missouri Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Missouri Territory was a historic, organized territory in the United States.
		It was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed on June 4, 1812 to avoid confusion with the state of Louisiana which joined the Union in 1812.
		Arkansas Territory was separated from Missouri Territory in 1819.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Missouri_Territory (180 words)

	African American Journey: Missouri Compromise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		In 1818, the Territory of Missouri, which was part of the Louisiana Purchase, applied for admission to the Union.
		Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states, and the Missouri Compromise became possible.
	www2.worldbook.com /features/aajourney/html/bh041.html (580 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.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/aug10.html (779 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		MISSOURI, one of the West North Central states, bounded on the N by Iowa; on the E by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the S by Arkansas; and on the W by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
		Missouri is divided into 114 counties; the city of St. Louis is independent of surrounding St. Louis Co. Counties are typically administered by a county court (or commission) of three elected commissioners.
		Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state on Aug. 10, 1821, under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/missouri.html (3797 words)

	Africans in America/Part 3/Missouri Compromise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1819 application for statehood by the Missouri Territory sparked a bitter debate in Congress over the issue of slavery in the new territories that had been created as a result of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
		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.
		state or territory of the United States...may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service" -- and even in the free territories, "slavery and involuntary servitude...
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part3/3h511.html (278 words)

	AllRefer.com - Missouri Compromise (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
		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.
		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).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MissrComp.html (489 words)

	The 50 States
		Missouri is bordered by Iowa on the north and by Arkansas and Tennessee on the south.
		The Missouri Territory was formally organized in 1812 from a portion of the Louisiana Purchase.
		The Missouri Compromise sought to solve this issue by permitting Missouri to enter the Union as a âslave stateâ as long as Maine entered the Union as a âfree stateâ maintaining the balance of power in Congress.
	www.teachersfirst.com /share/states/states.cfm?state=mo (2148 words)

	SOS, Missouri - State Archives African American Initiative - Timeline
		Free fls living in the Missouri Territory were legislatively prohibited from traveling freely and from gathering in meetings due to white fear of rebellion.
		Missouri statehood became a national controversy as Congress debated the future status of slavery in the land acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
		The "Missouri Compromise" allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, thus keeping the balance of slave and free states equal in Congress.
	sos.mo.gov /archives/resources/africanamerican/timeline/timeline1.asp (409 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the fifty states
		Missouri was organized as a territory in 1812 and was admitted to the Union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
		Missouri was the second state (after Louisiana) of the Louisiana Purchase to be admitted to the Union.
		In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was passed whereby Missouri was to be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
	www.theus50.com /missouri/history.shtml (1079 words)

	Missouri.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Missouri has been known as a gateway since before becoming the 24th state in 1821.
		Originally the area was a part of the Louisiana Territory and was known as the gateway to the west.
		Missouri is one of the many states carved from that large territory.
	www.missouri.com (305 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.
		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.
		Missouri’s application for admission into the union can be found in the American State Papers.
	www.loc.gov /rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html (571 words)

	AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They claimed that they received as a slave holding community on the same footing with the slave States, and that the existence or non-existence of slavery could not be made a question when they presented themselves at the door of the Capitol of the republic for a State charter.
		Previous to passage of the bill for its admission, the people had formed a State constitution, a provision of which required the Legislature to pass a law "To prevent free negroes from coming to and settling in the State." When the constitution was presented to Congress, this provision was strenuously opposed.
		The contest occupied a greater part of the session; but Missouri was finally admitted on condition that no laws should be passed by which any free citizen of the United States should be prevented from enjoying those rights within the State to which he was entitled by the Constitution of the United States.
	www.toptags.com /aama/events/mcomp.htm (596 words)

	Missouri Compromise, 1820
		In 1820, Missouri was allowed to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, thus keeping the balance of free and slave states equal in Congress.
		The remaining portion of Louisiana Purchase Territory north of the 3 30' line was deemed to be "forever free of slavery." This arrangement became known as the "Missouri Compromise" and is significant for its use as a legal argument in slave freedom suits.
		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.
	www.classbrain.com /artteenst/publish/article_128.shtml (367 words)

	SOUTHARD
		In 1803 the Louisiana Territory (including the Missouri area) was given to the United States by France as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
		In 1821, the question of admitting the Missouri Territory as a state became a burning national issue because it involved the question of extending slavery into the western territories.
		The dispute was resolved by the Missouri Compromise, which contradictorily admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state but excluded slavery from lands of the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30'N (Missouri's southern border).
	southardgenealogy.com /Missouri.htm (1059 words)

	SOS, Missouri - State Archives Missouri History FAQ - Origins of the Bootheel
		Walker was born in Tennessee in 1794 and came to the New Madrid area of the Territory of Missouri at the age of sixteen.
		This area fell under the jurisdiction of the Missouri Territory as administered from the town of New Madrid.
		On March 6, 1820, when the Territory of Missouri requested admission to the Union with the modified boundary in the southeast corner, the request was granted.
	www.sos.mo.gov /archives/history/bootheel.asp (484 words)

	History 276--The Missouri Controversy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When in 1819 the territorial legislature of Missouri petitioned Congress to be allowed to organize as a state, Rep. James Tallmadge (N.Y.) proposed an amendment to the enabling legislation prohibiting the entry of slaves into the territory and providing for the gradual emancipation of those already there.
		Missouri Territory was authorized to organize for admission to the Union as a state without restriction as to slavery.
		The remaining portion of Louisiana Territory, north and west of Missouri, was to be closed to slavery.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /AnS/history/carltodl/276/mocomp.htm (270 words)

	Missourc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Missouri did not have much experience with self government under either the French or the Spanish, and the settlers fought over competing land claims derived from French, Spanish, and Indian authorities.
		Missouri is still a territory until it is admitted as a state.
		Missouri claims that a mulatto who is a citizen in another state has no rights other than those that a mulatto in Missouri enjoys.
	www.skidmore.edu /~tkuroda/hi323/Missourc.htm (4053 words)

	Introduction to Missouri - The Show Me State Capital Jefferson City
		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.netstate.com /states/intro/mo_intro.htm (1115 words)

	The Missouri Compromise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The institution of slavery had been a divisive issue in the United States for decades before the territory of Missouri petitioned Congress for admission to the Union as a state in 1818.
		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.
		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)

	Frontier Press Bookstore - Missouri - 1-800-772-7559 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Extracts are from the "Missouri Gazette," St. Louis; the "Enquirer," St. Louis; the "Missouri Intelligence," Franklin; the "Missouri Herald," Jackson; the "Independent Patriot," Jackson; and the "St. Charles Missourian," St. Charles.
		The Genesis of Missouri: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood, Foley, William E. This is the story of the blending of diverse cultures - Indian, French, African, Spanish, and Anglo-American - in a land rich in resources and beauty.
		Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts, Volume Four: 1741- 1839, Eddlemon, Sherida K. Fills the gap left by the lack of an 1810 and 1820 census.
	www.frontierpress.com /frontier.cgi?category=mo (1848 words)

	Timeline
		Congress plalces the District of Louisiana in the Indiana Territory with subdistricts in Upper Louisiana to be assigned by the president.
		October 1 - Territory of Louisiana becomes Territory of Missouri with a governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives.
		August 10 - Missouri is admitted to the Union as the twenty-fourth state under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.
	www.win.org /library/other/historical_society/timeline.htm (1352 words)

	Hays
		Missouri became a state in 1820, and at its first session of the Missouri State Legislature begun in St. Louis, September 19, 1820, an act was passed organizing, among others, Saline County.
		Jefferson on the Missouri River a short distance from the present town of Cambridge was designated as the County Seat.
		The name of Martha Hays was signed to this will be John J. Dille, by her direction, and then she made her mark to the same, in the presence of the undersigned, and in the presence of each other, whom she requested to witness the same.
	www.wilhite.info /hays.htm (4859 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kansas
		It is bounded on the north by Nebraska, on the east by Missouri, on the west by Colorado, and on the south by Oklahoma.
		Kansas Territory extended westward to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, including a large portion of the present State of Colorado under the name of Arapahoe County.
		Miege, of the Society of Jesus, a professor of St. Louis University, was consecrated Bishop of Messene and appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Indian Territory east of the Rocky Mountains.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08597a.htm (5181 words)

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		Tribal territories in Missouri are indicated for the Kickapoos, Delawares, and Shawnees.
		Correspondence with traders in the Missouri Territory and Santa Fe, and reports of relations with Indian tribes in these areas from 1824-1851.
		Tour of the American lakes, and among the Indians of the North-west territory, in 1830, disclosing the character and prospects of the Indian race, by Calvin Colton.
	www.kclibrary.org /guides/nativeamerican/index.cfm?article=read&articleID=152 (2206 words)

	Andreas' Nebraska History - Early History, Part 6
		By an act of Congress, passed June 4, 1812, the "Territory of Louisiana" became the "Territory of Missouri," within the bounds of which was the present area of Nebraska.
		On the 6th of March, 1820, an act was approved authorizing the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government for the admission of the State into the Union.
		He followed the west bank of the Missouri nearly to the mouth of the Platte, traced the last-mentioned stream to its source, went south to the head-waters of the Arkansas and returned down the valley of that stream.
	www.kancoll.org /books/andreas_ne/history/erlyhst-p6.html (2569 words)

	Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is bounded on the north by Caldwell County; east by Carroll County; south by the Missouri River, which separates it from Lafayette and Jackson Counties; and west by Clay and Clinton Counties.
		Ray County was organized out of the territory of Howard County, November 16, 1820, and was named in honor of John Ray, a member of the constitutional convention from Howard County.
		It embraced all the Missouri territory west of Grand River to the boundary line of the State, and north of the Missouri River to the State line.
	agebb.missouri.edu /mass/agrifact/ray/narative.htm (347 words)

	Missouri, state, United States: History
		Missouri's recorded history begins in the latter half of the 17th cent.
		In 1800 the Louisiana Territory (including the Missouri area) was retroceded to France, but in 1803 it passed to the United States as part of the
		A new Missouri rose out of the war—the semi-Southern atmosphere, along with the river life and steamboating, began to decline, but the flavor of the period was preserved in the works of one of Missouri's most celebrated sons, Mark
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0859686.html (1013 words)

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