Missouri Compromise
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The Missouri Compromise was an 1820 U.S. federal statute that temporarily eased sectional tensions by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery in most of the remaining Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30′ parallel.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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compromise → legislative act → |
| admittedStateAsFreeState | Maine → |
| admittedStateAsSlaveState | Missouri → |
| aimedTo | maintain balance between free and slave states → |
| allowedSlaveryIn | Missouri → |
| allowedSlaverySouthOfParallel | 36°30′ north latitude (except Missouri) → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Missouri Compromise
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surface form: "Compromise of 1820"
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| bannedSlaveryIn | most of the remaining Louisiana Territory north of 36°30′ → |
| bannedSlaveryNorthOfParallel | 36°30′ north latitude → |
| contributedTo | growing sectionalism between North and South → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| dateEnacted | 1820 → |
| declaredUnconstitutionalBy | Dred Scott v. Sandford → |
| declaredUnconstitutionalInYear | 1857 → |
| followedBy | Compromise of 1850 → |
| freeStatesCountChange | increased by admitting Maine → |
| geographicScope |
Louisiana Purchase
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surface form: "Louisiana Purchase territory"
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| historicalPeriod | Antebellum period → |
| historicalSignificance | major milestone on the road to the American Civil War → |
| influenced | sectional politics in the United States → |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form: "federal government of the United States"
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| keyFigureInDebate |
Daniel Webster
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Henry Clay → John C. Calhoun → |
| language | English → |
| laterAffectedBy | Kansas–Nebraska Act → |
| legalEffect | set geographic boundary for slavery in western territories → |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress → |
| longTermOutcome | failed to provide permanent solution to slavery expansion → |
| maintainedBalanceBetweenFreeAndSlaveStates | yes → |
| partOf | slavery in the United States political conflict → |
| precededBy | debates over Missouri statehood → |
| presidentAtTime | James Monroe → |
| regulated | slavery in the western territories of the United States → |
| relatedToTerritory |
Louisiana
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surface form: "Louisiana Territory"
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| resultedIn | temporary easing of sectional tensions between North and South → |
| sectionalIssue | slavery → |
| signedBy | James Monroe → |
| slaveStatesCountChange | increased by admitting Missouri → |
| subjectMatter |
admission of new states
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status of slavery in territories → |
| topic | expansion of slavery → |
| year | 1820 → |
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this entity surface form: "Missouri Compromise of 1820"
this entity surface form: "Missouri Compromise of 1820"
this entity surface form: "Missouri Compromise of 1820"