The Missouri Compromise - 1820
This is the last card of the Veritas Card series. It has been fun sharing with you all year the Veritas cards and going through them together. My learning experience has been enriched. I will have something else in the fall, to follow I am sure.
The United States consisted of 'free' states and 'slave' states. The slave states were mostly Southern, while the free states were mostly Northern. In 1818, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states, which created an equal representation in Congress on slavery.
Missouri was a new state and wanted to be a slave state, and there were many debates in Congress about a compromise. So, in 1820, they came up with one. Here is the compromise: Missouri could be a slave state if the new state of Maine was a 'free' state. In addition, no states north of the 36 degrees latitude would be slave.
Missouri Compromise February 17 1820
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