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  2. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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    It passed a bill for the admission of Maine with an amendment enabling the people of Missouri to form a state constitution. Before the bill was returned to the House, a second amendment was adopted, on the motion of Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois , to exclude slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of 36°30 north , the southern boundary of ...

  3. James Monroe - Wikipedia

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    During the following session, the House passed a similar bill with an amendment, introduced on January 26, 1820, by John W. Taylor of New York, allowing Missouri into the union as a slave state. Initially, Monroe opposed any compromise that involved restrictions on slavery's expansion in federal territories.

  4. Henry Clay - Wikipedia

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    Clay helped assemble a coalition that passed the Missouri Compromise, as Thomas's proposal became known. [91] Further controversy ensued when Missouri's constitution banned free blacks from entering the state, but Clay was able to engineer another compromise that allowed Missouri to join as a state in August 1821. [92]

  5. 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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Supreme Court rejects Missouri bid to implement law that ...

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    The case reflects clashing interpretations of the right to bear arms under the Constitution’s 2nd Amendment. Supreme Court rejects Missouri bid to implement law that limits state role in ...

  9. 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 ...

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