3 marzo 1820 anni - The Missouri Compromise

Descrizione:

One of the results of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase was a policy was needed to regulate the expansion of slavery into the new western territory and the states applying to the Union. This caused a nationwide debate mostly due to the preservation of the Congressional balance between free states and slave states along with the growing anti-slavery movement. Eventually, Congress came to an agreement in which Missouri was accepted as a slave state while Maine was accepted as a free state, maintaining the Congressional balance.