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Missouri Compromise — The United States in 1819. The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the unorganized territory of the Great Plains (dark green) and permitted it in Missou … Wikipedia
Missouri Compromise — U.S. Hist. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30 N, except for Missouri. Cf. Kansas Nebraska Act. * * *… … Universalium
Missouri Compromise — (1820) The legislative outcome of a bitter dispute between the House and the Senate of the United States Congress over the status of new states admitted to the Union. The quarrel was a collision of two realities of early American nationhood:… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Missouri Compromise — The provisions in the act of Congress passed in 1820 admitting the state of Missouri into the Union, whereby slavery was prohibited north of latitude 36° 30 n., excepting in that state … Ballentine's law dictionary
Missouri Compromise — noun an agreement in 1820 between pro slavery and anti slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories • Instance Hypernyms: ↑compromise * * * U.S. Hist. an act of Congress (1820) by which Missouri… … Useful english dictionary
The United States of America — The United States of America † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America BOUNDARIES AND AREA On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Missouri — • The State of Missouri was carved out of the Louisiana Territory, and derives its name from the principal river flowing through its center Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Missouri Missouri … Catholic encyclopedia
Department of the Missouri — was a division of the United States Army that functioned through the American Civil War and the Indian Wars afterwards. Contents 1 History 1.1 Civil War 1.2 Indian Wars, Division of the Missouri … Wikipedia
(the) Kansas-Nebraska Act — the Kansas Nebraska Act [the Kansas Nebraska Act] a law passed by the US Congress in 1854 which was one of the causes of the Civil War. It replaced the ↑Missouri Compromise and established the Kansas Territory and the Nebraska Territory as… … Useful english dictionary
Compromise of 1850 — Before the Compromise: Gold Rush California applies to become free state South wants Southern California as slave territory Texas claims territory as far as the Rio Grande New Mexico resists Texas, applies to be free state Texas takes El Paso… … Wikipedia
