2 jan 1820 ano - Missouri Compromise

Descrição:

- Henry Clay's solution for controversy over Missouri's statehood
- Maintains Congress' even slave/free state numbers
- Missouri enters as slave, Maine enters as free, 36-30 line marks free/slave state border
- Jefferson: "this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror"

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