This allowed the Missouri Compromise to become possible, as Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states. The compromise admitted ...
Was the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, an example of that progression of our founding ideals, or was it a step backward? Was Congress ...
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We'll call it the Missouri compromise.' 'The Missouri Compromise 2: The Recompromising,' a third jokester chimed in. In truth, the Missouri Compromise was the name of legislation from 1820 that ...
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The weight of life-altering reproductive choices is immense, and ultimately belongs to the individual — not the government. | ...
The issue was resolved by a two-part compromise. First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as a slave state, with a provision that portions of the Louisiana Territory lying north of 36' 30 ...