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Congress passes the Missouri Compromise - Mar 03, 1820 - HISTORY.com
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After months of bitter debate, Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, a bill that temporarily resolves the first serious political clash between slavery and antislavery interests in U.S. history.
In February 1819, Representative James Tallmadge of New York introduced a bill that would admit Missouri into the Union as a state where slavery was prohibited. At the time, there were 11 free states and 10 slave states. Southern congressmen feared that the entrance of Missouri as a free state would upset the balance of power between North and South, as the North far outdistanced the South in population, and thus, U.S. representatives. Opponents to the bill also questioned the congressional precedent of prohibiting the expansion of slavery into a territory where slave status was favored.
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After months of bitter debate, Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, a bill that temporarily resolves the first serious political clash between slavery and antislavery interests in U.S. history.
In February 1819, Representative James Tallmadge of New York introduced a bill that would admit Missouri into the Union as a state where slavery was prohibited. At the time, there were 11 free states and 10 slave states. Southern congressmen feared that the entrance of Missouri as a free state would upset the balance of power between North and South, as the North far outdistanced the South in population, and thus, U.S. representatives. Opponents to the bill also questioned the congressional precedent of prohibiting the expansion of slavery into a territory where slave status was favored.
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The Missouri Compromise. My favorite example of the folly of compromise. Abandon your principles and go along with whatever cockamamie idea the opposition wants or they call you an "Obstructionist".
Please, anything but "Obstructionist"!
Please, anything but "Obstructionist"!
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One of the impacts of slavery in this nation after England outlawed slavery was that slaveholders and the states were they sway did their best to ensure they could maintain their way of life.
The Missouri Compromise was a victory for slaveholders because it ensured that the status quo of balance between slave holding states and the others had to be maintained.
We have seen a different calculus last century where there was resistance to allowing Washington, DC to become a state in part because it is a very liberal city which leans heavily democratic.
The democrats were the slave holding supporters in the early to mid-19th century.
The Missouri Compromise was a victory for slaveholders because it ensured that the status quo of balance between slave holding states and the others had to be maintained.
We have seen a different calculus last century where there was resistance to allowing Washington, DC to become a state in part because it is a very liberal city which leans heavily democratic.
The democrats were the slave holding supporters in the early to mid-19th century.
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