The issue was resolved by a two-part compromise. First, Missouri gained admission to the ... The enabling act of March 6, 1820, made it clear, however, that fugitive slaves could be apprehended ...

Major Acts: The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery within their borders, nullified the Missouri ...

Major Acts: James Monroe approved the acquisition of Florida from Spain in 1819. Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise in 1820, which allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as ...

In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed to sort out this issue. By 1819, the US was made up of 22 states - evenly split between Slave States and Free States. In November 1819, Missouri ...

However, the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) allowed the new territory of Kansas to decide its stance on the legality of slavery (in defiance of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which did not allow ...

Thanks to Maine’s predominantly Democrat-controlled 1st Congressional District, the entire state of Maine is facing fiscal irresponsibility and an overly liberal social agenda that is being pushed ...