The Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise‚ written by Henry Clay‚ attempted to limit the slavery boundaries; it was later declared unconstitutional and is also considered one of many events that led to the American Civil War. The compromise became a precedent for settling subsequent North and South disagreements over slavery and duty issues‚ and it remained in effect until rescinded by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise eased tensions between the North and the South
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My sophomore year in highschool we were in the semifinals of state championship for football. The whole team was ecstatic because our team had been performing very well all season. So well‚ that we knew for sure that we would defeat Oak Grove and move forward to state finalist‚ or so we thought. Going to state and winning was everyone’s dream on the team and we had not the patience to achieve our mutual goal. That game was no close call; we were ultimately conquered by Oak Grove and had no chance
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of uniformed and civilian employees per 1‚000 residents. So that being said‚ why does Kansas city have such a high crime rate? Kansas City‚ with a land area of almost 320 square miles‚ is somewhat split into two separate divisions. south of the Missouri River‚ and north of the
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Written Analysis #4 The Missouri Compromise had many effects on American culture‚ including an economic effect by prohibiting slavery in the unorganized territory north of Missouri’s southern border‚ a political suspicion between those representing the south and those representing the north as well as a balance of slave and free states‚ and had a social impact by creating a definite separation between “the North” and “the South” and also allowing free blacks to remain in Missouri resulting from a dispute
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In 1820‚ the United States Congress passed the Missouri Compromise. Before it was passed the Northern states and Southern states had different ideas of the states. The North wanted to limit slavery‚ while the Southern states wanted more slavery. Missouri wanted to become a slave state in 1820‚ but the Northern states wouldn’t allow it. As a compromise‚ Missouri could be a slave state as long as Maine was added as its own free state‚ thus the Missouri Compromise. Along with these factors a rule of
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MTBE in Missouri Alisha Spencer SCI/275 June 9‚ 2013 C. Audra Bassett-Touchell‚ Ph.D MTBE in Missouri Starting in the 1970’s Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) was put in gasoline to boost octane. In 1999 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended phasing out the use of MTBE which was found to be a cancer causing chemical. MTBE contaminated water thru public and private water wells. In 2002 Missouri lawmakers decided to phase out MTBE. The state wide phase out was complete on July
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The Missouri Compromise was a bad solution‚ because it did not solve the slave problem but it was also a good compromise because it lasted for several years and temporarily solved the conflict of whether or not the new states would be slave states or free states. Perhaps the more important aspect of the Missouri Compromise was the agreement that no territory to the north of Missouri’s southern border could enter the Union as a slave state. That part of the compromise effectively stopped slavery from
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compromises that served to feed these factions was the Missouri Compromise. As stated before‚ this compromise debated on the admission Maine and Missouri as slave or free states. It resulted in the 36°30’ line being set and is an example of an almost direct conflict between the North and the South on the institution. The North was against the spread of slavery so even though they conceded Missouri they were able to contain
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in 2011‚ a new State Senator from Missouri arose. Claire Connor McCaskill‚ the American politician and member of the Democratic Party‚ was born on July 24‚ 1953. After defeating Republican opponent Jim Talent‚ she was elected as the first women U.S. Senate of Missouri by a margin of 49.6% to 47.3%. Before all of this happened‚ she served as Sate Auditor of Missouri for more than eight years. Before all of her great deeds‚ including running for Governor of Missouri in 2004‚ she studied and graduated
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The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress‚ involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. The 1820 passage of Missouri Compromise took place during the presidency of James Monroe. The Missouri Compromise was implicitly repealed by the
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