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Henry Clay then skillfully led the forces of compromise, engineering 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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12 de abr. de 2016 · He was also instrumental in crafting and passing the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which proved a short-lived solution to the growing national debate over slavery. In order to preserve the balance of power between “free” states and “slave” states, Congress admitted Missouri and Maine to the Union as free and slave ...
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When the Missouri Territory first applied for statehood in 1818, it was clear that many in the territory wanted to allow slavery in the new state. Part of the more than 800,000 square miles bought from France in the Louisiana Purchaseof 1803, Missouri was known as the Louisiana Territory until 1812, when it was renamed to avoid confusion with the n...
After this stalemate, Missouri renewed its application for statehood in late 1819. This time, Speaker of the House Henry Clayproposed that Congress admit Missouri to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, but at the same time admit Maine (which at the time was part of Massachusetts) as a free state. In February 1820, the Senate added a second p...
Though the Missouri Compromise managed to keep the peace—for the moment—it failed to resolve the pressing question of slavery and its place in the nation’s future. Southerners who opposed the Missouri Compromise did so because it set a precedent for Congress to make laws concerning slavery, while Northerners disliked the law because it meant slaver...
Henry Clay, a leading congressman, played a crucial role in brokering a two-part solution known as the Missouri Compromise. First, Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state, but would be balanced by the admission of Maine, a free state, that had long wanted to be separated from Massachusetts. Second, slavery was to be excluded ...
The combined measures passed the Senate, only to be voted down in the House by Northern representatives who held out for a free Missouri. Speaker of the House Henry Clay of Kentucky, in a desperate bid to break the deadlock, divided the Senate bills.
27 de oct. de 2023 · Henry Clay Brokers the Missouri Compromise. During the following session of Congress, on January 3, 1820, the House passed legislation to admit Maine to the Union as a free state. Later that month, the lower chamber revisited the proposal for Missouri statehood.
10 de may. de 2022 · An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.
