Tallmadge Amendment debate

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The Tallmadge Amendment debate was a pivotal 1819–1820 congressional clash over restricting slavery in Missouri that exposed deep sectional tensions and foreshadowed the collapse of the Era of Good Feelings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional debate
political event
slavery debate
appliesToJurisdiction Missouri Territory
chronologicallyFollowedBy Missouri Compromise
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource congressional debates of 1819–1820
endTime 1820
hasCause application of Missouri Territory for admission as a state
conflict over expansion of slavery into western territories
hasEffect contributed to the Missouri Compromise
exposed fragility of the Era of Good Feelings
foreshadowed sectional crisis over slavery
heightened sectional tensions between North and South
hasPart Tallmadge Amendment debate self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tallmadge Amendment
historicalPeriod Antebellum period
surface form: antebellum United States
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
legislativeProcess amendment to Missouri statehood bill
location House of Representatives
Senate
United States Congress
mainSubject Missouri statehood
slavery in Missouri
slavery restriction in new states
opposedBy Southern slaveholding interests
outcome Tallmadge Amendment passed in the House of Representatives
Tallmadge Amendment rejected in the Senate
no permanent restriction on slavery in Missouri in final compromise
pointInTime February 1819
relatedTo American slavery debate
Missouri Compromise
surface form: Missouri Compromise of 1820

Missouri statehood controversy
United States expansion westward
sectionalism in the United States
significance early national confrontation over slavery’s expansion
major turning point in antebellum sectional politics
significantPerson Henry Clay
James Tallmadge Jr.
John C. Calhoun
Northern anti-slavery congressmen
Rufus King
Southern pro-slavery congressmen
startTime 1819
supportedBy many Northern representatives
temporalContext Era of Good Feelings
topic gradual emancipation in Missouri
prohibition of further introduction of slaves into Missouri

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Era of Good Feelings significantEvent Tallmadge Amendment debate
Tallmadge Amendment debate hasPart Tallmadge Amendment debate self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tallmadge Amendment