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.

By the 1820s, more women were becoming teachers because...

   

• they were demonstrably more intelligent than male candidates.


• men scorned teaching as “women's work.”


• state legislatures were pressured by women's rights advocates into broadening women's employment opportunities.


• school authorities could pay women less than they paid men. 

ANSWER: By the 1820s, more women were becoming teachers because school authorities could pay women less than they paid men.