missouri compromise

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Missouri uzlaşma
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(1820) Act passed by the U.S. Congress admitting Missouri to the Union as the 24th state. After the territory requested statehood without slavery restrictions, Northern congressmen tried unsuccessfully to attach amendments restricting further slaveholding. When Maine (originally part of Massachusetts) requested statehood, a compromise led by Henry Clay allowed Missouri admission as a slave state and Maine as a free state, with slavery prohibited from then on in territories north of Missouri's southern border. Clay's compromise appeared to settle the slavery-extension issue but highlighted the sectional division
an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
missouri compromise

    Hyphenation

    Mis·sour·i com·pro·mise

    Turkish pronunciation

    mızûri kämprımayz

    Pronunciation

    /məˈzo͝orē ˈkämprəˌmīz/ /məˈzʊriː ˈkɑːmprəˌmaɪz/
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