On this day in 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, a measure aimed at keeping the number of slave-holding and free states equal. The deal brought Missouri into the Union ...

In 1820, the Missouri Compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. In their book, A Fire Bell in the Past, authors Jeffrey Pasley and John Craig Hammond examined the events ...

It highlights key events such as the Missouri Compromise, the Wilmot Proviso, and the Compromise of 1850, which aimed to maintain a balance between North and South regarding slavery. The film also ...

Missouri Compromise: A Win-Win for Clay Sen. Henry Clay, known as "the Great Compromiser," brought about the Missouri Compromise of 1820. House of Representatives historian Robert Remini says Clay ...

Even if they’ve never set foot in Missouri, history students all over the country know about the state because of the compromise made in 1820. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt offered his perspectives ...

And if we listen closely, we can hear a clear warning. Your humanity is at risk. Your family and community will suffer following the legislature reducing wages and preventing women's healthcare and ...

The Black Republican papers have times without number stated that Mr. MADISON had given it as his opinion that the Missouri Compromise was ... Feb. 28,1820, to Mr. MONROE, speaks for itself.

On this day in 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, a measure to keep the number of slave-holding and free states equal by bringing Missouri into the Union as a slave state ...