THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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LARGE
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small
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They had no population
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Smaller because it is a new state and is not settled
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Detailed explanation-1: -With more than six million residents, it is the 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City.
Detailed explanation-2: -Missouri is approximately 70, 000 square miles. This means that it is bigger than Illinois and Wisconsin, but smaller than Minnesota. Missouri is located in the midwestern United States.
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: -Jesuit missionaries established the first European settlement in modern Missouri at the Mission of St. Francis Xavier (near modern Des Peres) in 1700.