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Date Posted: 20:42:08 10/06/02 Sun
Author: Beth-Ann-Zellner
Subject: Ch-8 The Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise
A. Tallmadge Amendment
1. In 1819, Missouri applied for admission to the Union as a state
a. Slavery was already established there
2. James Tallmadge, Jr. a Rep. of New York, proposed amendment to Missouri statehood, that stated that it would prohibit the further introduction of slaves into Missouri
3. The new states usually came to the union in pairs, one form the North and another from the South
a. When Missouri asked there were already 11 free states and 11 slaves states
i. They wanted to be balanced and north had more power over the south
ii. Hence the controversy over slavery and freedom in Missouri
B. The Compromise
1. Maine had also applied to the union at the same time (free state)
2. Henry Clay offered that if the combine of Maine and Missouri as one bill the North and the South would be equal
3. Then Senator Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois proposed the amendment
a. Prohibiting slavery in the rest of Louisiana Purchase territory north, under the Missouri boarder
i. Called the 360 30’ parallel
b. Nationalist both in North and South hailed this settlement.

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