Missouri Compromise Timeline of Events

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Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri...

Timeline of Events

1819

2.17.1819

The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise.

1820

3.3.1820

The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.

3.6.1820

The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.