Bullish (Video) The Missouri Compromise: Slavery, Congress, and the 1820 Crisis Posted: February 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 The film discusses the historical context leading to the ...

So in 1819 a further bill was passed allowing the use of armed cruisers on the coasts of the United States and Africa to suppress the slave trade. A further act in 1820 ensured participation in ...

which enabled the Senate to maintain the balance between slave and free state representation -- twelve of each. The enabling act of March 6, 1820, made it clear, however, that fugitive slaves ...

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 ...

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 kept an uneasy alliance for many ... would choose for themselves whether they would become slave or free states. This meant the old Missouri Compromise was no ...