Opening the Vault: The Conference Committee Report on the Missouri Compromise

Ajouté : 2026-05-24

[00:00:10]The Missouri Compromise was a landmark piece of legislation that maintained [music] the delicate 34-year balance of power between free states and slave states.

[00:00:20]Missouri was admitted as a slave state, [music] while Maine joined as a free state.

[00:00:25]With the exception of Missouri, [music] it banned slavery above the 36°30' parallel, the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase. The compromise worked until it didn't, prompting many compromises to follow, including the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska [music] Act of 1854.