Missouri Compromise By: Connor Krips and Brandon Conard

Missouri Compromise of 1820

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.

Henry Clay
No Slavery North of 36 and 30 N Parallel

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