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Clay and his pro-compromise allies succeeded in pressuring half of the anti-restrictionist [clarification needed] Southerners in the House to submit to the passage of the Thomas proviso and maneuvered a number of restrictionist [clarification needed] northerners in the House to acquiesce in supporting Missouri as a slave state. [5] [6] While ...
An allegorical figure of music is on The Arts Fountain at the Missouri State Capitol. Music of Missouri has a storied musical history. Missouri has had major developments in several popular music genres and has been the birthplace or career origin of many musicians. St. Louis was an important venue for early blues, jazz, country, and bluegrass.
The Last Five Years is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown.It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States and internationally.
The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1804 to 1865 included the creation of St. Louis as the territorial capital of the Louisiana Territory, a brief period of growth until the Panic of 1819 and subsequent depression, rapid diversification of industry after the introduction of the steamboat and the return of prosperity, and rising tensions about the issues of immigration and slavery.
The Tallmadge Amendment was a proposed amendment to a bill regarding the admission of the Territory of Missouri as a state, under which Missouri would be admitted as a free state. The amendment was submitted in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 13, 1819, by James Tallmadge Jr. , a Democratic-Republican from New York , and Charles ...
The "Missouri Crisis" was resolved at first in 1820 when the Missouri Compromise cleared the way for Missouri's entry to the union as a slave state. The Missouri Compromise stated that the remaining portion of the Louisiana Territory above the 36°30′ line was to be free from slavery. This same year, the first Missouri constitution was adopted.
After a challenge by Springfield's Eden Village and others, Missouri's Supreme Court decided the bill contained too many unrelated provisions. MO Supreme Court strikes down bill banning homeless ...
Year Date Event 1820: Mar 5: Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, prohibiting slavery in the unorganized territory north of 36.5° latitude and west of the Mississippi River, except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri, while permitting the admission of Maine as a free state.