In 1820, lawmakers developed a compromise that would allow ... stating, “This Missouri question by a geographical line of division is the most portentous one I have ever contemplated.

When the territory of Missouri applied ... The enabling act of March 6, 1820, made it clear, however, that fugitive slaves could be apprehended north of the compromise line and returned to their ...

It highlights key events such as the Missouri Compromise, the Wilmot Proviso, and the Compromise of 1850, which aimed to maintain a balance between North and South regarding slavery. The film also ...

In 1820 the threat to the union was allayed, or at least delayed, with the Missouri Compromise ... Maine was admitted as a free state. A line was drawn at 36 degrees 30 minutes (the southern ...

Even if they’ve never set foot in Missouri, history students all over the country know about the state because of the compromise made in 1820. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt offered his perspectives ...

User-Created Clip by tgrane September 15, 2017 2015-11-01T18:45:34-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/860/1505917824.jpgHarlow GIles Unger discussed the Missouri ...

This allowed the Missouri Compromise to become possible, as Missouri and Maine could then be accepted without upsetting the Senate's balance between free and slave states. The compromise admitted ...