NOUN
- an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
How To Use Missouri Compromise In A Sentence
- Back in the days of top hats, spittoons and the Missouri Compromise, a lot of Cognacs were lighter and fruitier than their 21st century descendants, and like whiskeys, were meant to be mixed as well as sipped. Tony Sachs: Drinking The Past: New Spirits Recreate Vintage Tastes
- As a part of the Missouri Compromise, Congress had prohibited slavery within that territory.
- Leaving the adoption of slavery up to the individual states directly contradicted the Missouri Compromise, which barred the extension of slavery into new states.
- It was free because Congress -- in the Missouri Compromise of Eighteen Twenty -- made slavery illegal in that area.
- Leaving the adoption of slavery up to the individual states directly contradicted the Missouri Compromise, which barred the extension of slavery into new states.
