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Who was involved in the Missouri Compromise?

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Who was involved in the Missouri Compromise?

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Those who were involved were; Congressman James Tallmadge Jr, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, Timothy Fuller, and DeWitt Clinton.

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What happened during the missouri comprimise

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What happened during the missouri comprimise

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This agreement allowed Missouri to enter the United States as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state. Congress maintained the balance between slave and free states with this. To avoid more conflicts in the future, Congress also created the Missouri Compromise line.

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Why did the Missouri Compromise happen? 

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Why did the Missouri Compromise happen? 

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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.

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Where did the Missouri Compromise take place

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Where did the Missouri Compromise take place

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Henry Clay then led the forces of compromise, creating separate votes on the controversial measures. On March 3, 1820, the decisive votes in the House admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and made free soil all western territories north of Missouri's southern border.

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How did the Missouri Compromise affect the rising tensions over Slavery?

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How did the Missouri Compromise affect the rising tensions over Slavery?

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The Missouri Compromise would remain in force for just over 30 years before it was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled the compromise unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case, planting the seeds for the nation’s final path toward the Civil War.

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When did the Missouri Compromise happen?

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When did the Missouri Compromise happen?

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It was a compromise passed in 1820 and was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854