Missouri Compromise (8 feb 1820 año – 8 mar 1820 año)

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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. Furthermore, with the exception of Missouri, this law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories.

February 8 through February 17, 1820 - The Senate debated the admission of Maine and Missouri.

February 16, 1820 - The Senate agreed to unite the Maine and Missouri bills into one bill.

February 17, 1820 - The Senate agreed to an amendment that prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line, except for Missouri, and then agreed to the final version of the bill by a vote of 24 to 20.

March 1, 1820 - The House of Representatives passed its own bill, which admitted Missouri without slavery, by a vote of 91 to 82.

March 2, 1820 - A House-Senate conference agreed to the Senate's version of the bill.

March 2, 1820 - The House voted 90 to 87 to allow slavery in Missouri.

March 2, 1820 - The House voted 134 to 42 to prohibit slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line.

March 6, 1820 - President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise.

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