JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Question
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Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state
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It was vetoed by the President before it could be adopted
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Congress prohibited slavery north of the 36
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Maine was admitted as a free state
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Missouri Compromise did not extend the practice of slavery into the Northwest Territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate? Unorganized territories would be governed by the United States and Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Controversy arose within Congress over the issue of slavery. Congress adopted this legislation and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so that the balance between slave and free states in the nation would remain equal.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Missouri Compromise was accepted because it: 1) maintained congressional balance in the Senate, 2) allowed for certain new territories to be slave states, and 3) allowed certain new territories to be non-slavery states.