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southern states of America during the 1800’s. There was practically a geographical line dividing the two halves of the country. During the early and mid 19th century, the northern and southern states of America had major events occur such as the Missouri Compromise, the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and the Compromise of 1850 that caused growing tensions in the states that lead to the splitting of the country and the start of the Civil War. In 1819 there were an equal number of slave states…

Missouri Compromise The balance between free and slaves states was disrupted when in 1819 Missouri requested to be admitted in the union as a slave state. In order to preserve the balance, Congress passed a compromise in 1820. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and a part of Northern Massachusetts as a free state. This part of Massachusetts was named the state of Maine. This compromise also helped with admission of any state into the nation. Any territory North of the 36 ° 30 ° latitude line…

A Brief History of Technology in Missouri Businesses Technology in Missouri businesses has an early start and a place in the history of technology in Missouri. One of the early Missouri claims to fame in technology was built by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in 1932. This was a lift span bridge over the Missouri River at Boonville, Missouri. This bridge replaced one that had been built earlier and was no longer capable of handling the heavier railroad equipment of that era. The new lift…

Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise was passed on March 3, 1820. The Congress passed the legislation in Washington D.C under a condition that slavery will forever be prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36 degrees latitude, excluding Missouri. The bill that would admit Missouri into the Union as a slavery-prohibited state was first, introduced by Representative James Tallmadge of New York in February 1819. The amendment that James Tallmadge proposed had forbid the…

The Missouri Compromise The 1800s were a dark time in our nation where disagreements over political power, and the conflict between free and slaves states occurred. There were several disputes and battles over land and the morality of slavery. Although a dark time in the United States, this was also a push for a better future. New ideas and policies circulated around this time period in an effort to seek compromise between the states and eventually end slavery. This appeared to be a great idea…

believed that, “The Presidents army to make war upon the people of the seceded states.” Knowing that Jackson intended to take his state of Missouri out of the Union, General Nathaniel Lyon took action to prevent this. The first thing that General Lyon did was that he chased Jackson and his band of Missouri State Guards out of Jefferson city, the capital of Missouri. When Lyon entered the capital, he found that the city was nearly abandoned. After he took the confederate flag off of the capital…

The Missouri Compromise was created by Congress in 1819 in order to solve the sectional and political rivalries between the Northern and Southern states. Maine was added as a free state in the North and Missouri was added as a slave state in the South. As a result of this Compromise, there were 22 states in America, divided equally between the two regions. Congress’s intentions was that by each region having 11 states, there would be equal representation in the Senate from the North and South.…

divide and fight against each other. The ideology that slavery was a necessary business for United States to continue to flourish was the driving factor that influenced the worldview of many Americans during the early to mid 1800’s. In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was implemented as a way of controlling tolerability of slavery geographically. This Compromise, on the surface, did create some progress improvement of slavery, but at no point was slavery reduced. In fact shortly after the…

mystery. At the young age of twelve she was captured by and enemy tribe, Hidatsa. After her capturing she was sold to a french Canadian trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau, who forced her to be one of his wives. Sacagawea and her husband lived in the upper Missouri river area, also known as present day…

secretary at the time, to lead the Expedition; Lewis in turn sought the help of William Clark, who was an adept frontiersman. Jefferson’s objective was for the men and their team (Corps of Discovery), to find a water route linking the Columbia and Missouri rivers, which could potentially connect the Pacific Ocean with the Mississippi River system, creating access between the newly acquired western land and eastern U.S cities. Jefferson also wanted information about the flora, fauna, and peoples…