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  2. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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    The enabling bill was passed to the Senate, and both parts of it were rejected: 22–16 against the restriction of new slaves in Missouri (supported by five northerners, two of whom were the proslavery legislators from the free state of Illinois) and 31–7 against the gradual emancipation for slave children born after statehood. [79]

  3. Tallmadge Amendment - Wikipedia

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    In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was passed without the Tallmadge Amendment. The Compromise attempted to appease both sides of the debate by admitting Missouri as a slave state in exchange for the admission of Maine as a free state and by the complete prohibition of slavery in all of the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36 ...

  4. Constitution of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The first constitution was written by Constitutional Convention in 1820 in only 38 days, and was adopted on July 19, 1820. [2] [3] One of the results of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was initially admitted to the Union as a slave state, and the constitution specifically excluded "free negroes and mulattoes" from the state.

  5. Slave states and free states - Wikipedia

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    It was a major issue during the writing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, the subject of political crises in the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 and was the primary cause of the American Civil War in 1861. Just before the Civil War, there were 19 free states and 15 slave states.

  6. 1820 United States presidential election in Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, the Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be a slave state, however, they could not admit any more states above a line marked by the new Arkansaw Territory. [a] On March 6, 1820, Congress passed a law directing Missouri to hold a convention to form a constitution and a state government. This law stated that "…the said state ...

  7. MO Supreme Court strikes down bill banning homeless people ...

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    A wide-ranging bill passed by the state legislature last year banning sleeping on public land was struck down Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court for violating the constitution’s single ...

  8. Republicans vote to make it harder to amend Missouri Constitution

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    Republican lawmakers on Thursday voted to make it harder to change the Missouri Constitution amid a campaign to restore abortion rights through a voter-backed constitutional amendment. Currently ...

  9. Missouri legislators reach redistricting compromise - AOL

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    The Missouri state Senate on Thursday reached a compromise on new congressional district map lines, ending a deep division among Republicans that created a monthlong impasse in one of the final ...