The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
The Dred Scott Case completely nullified the Missouri Compromise. It ruled that slavery was protected under the 5th Amendment because slaves were property. The verdict was that slavery could not be outlawed in any territory.
Abraham Lincoln supported the Missouri compromise :p
In 1820 to 1821, Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 by the United States Congress.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise was nullified by the new Compromise of 1850 - caused by the admission of California, which extended a long way on either side of the Missouri line, and rendered it obsolete.
Missouri Compromise
The kansas nebraska act ;)
The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´.
The Dred Scott Case completely nullified the Missouri Compromise. It ruled that slavery was protected under the 5th Amendment because slaves were property. The verdict was that slavery could not be outlawed in any territory.
Compromise of 1850.
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
The Missouri Compromise was done in 1820. The Missouri Compromise decided North and South Power.
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820.
why was the Missouri compromise written?