29 Ağustos 2011 Pazartesi

The Missouri Compromise of 1820...

  • resulted from the conciliatory efforts of Congressman James Tallmadge of New York.

  • provided for Maine to enter the Union as a free state in 1820, and Missouri to enter as a slave state the following year.

  • prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory south of latitude 36°30´.

  • convinced the aged and retired Thomas Jefferson that the peaceful extinction of slavery by mutual agreement was now in sight. 


ANSWER: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provided for Maine to enter the Union as a free state in 1820, and Missouri to enter as a slave state the following year.

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