. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . SEAL OF MISSOURI slavery in the new state, and the people of the Xorth weredetermined to resist any increase of the number and powerof the slave states. The repre-sentatives of the Northern statestherefore opposed the admissionof Missouri as a slave state. In1820, during the agitation of thisquestion, the measure known asthe Missouri Compromise wasadopted. By this it was providedthat slavery should be prohibited\\\ all the territorv, except Mis-souri
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . SEAL OF MISSOURI slavery in the new state, and the people of the Xorth weredetermined to resist any increase of the number and powerof the slave states. The repre-sentatives of the Northern statestherefore opposed the admissionof Missouri as a slave state. In1820, during the agitation of thisquestion, the measure known asthe Missouri Compromise wasadopted. By this it was providedthat slavery should be prohibited\\\ all the territorv, except Mis-souri, lying north of the parallel 3w° 30, and west of the Mississippi. After theadoption of this compro-mise, Missouri was ad-mitted (18-21). 6. Visit of La Fayette.—One of the most inter-esting events of this ad-ministration was the visit,in 1824, of Lafayette tothe United States. Hepassed through the coun-try, everywhere receivedwith respect and gratefulacclamations from the crowds who gathered to greet him,all offerinof him a most cordial welcome, and treatinof him. LAFAYETTE 6. Describe the visit of Lafavette. What grant did Congress make to him ? 214 HtSTORT OF THE VKITED STATES [1824 as the honored guest of the nation. He remained in thecountry about a year, and was presented by Congress with the sum of two hun-dred thousand dollars,and a township ofland, as a partialpayment of the debtdue him by the UnitedStates. 7. In the fall of1824,-the election forpresident took place ;but, as no one of thefour candidates re-ceived a majority ofthe electoral votes,the choice devolvedupon the House ofRepresentatives, bywhom Jolin QuincyAdams, of Massachu-setts, was C. Calhoun, ofSouth Carolina, was elected vice-president. The in- * Bunker Hill monument, an obelisk two liuiidred and twenty-one feet high, erectedin commemoration of the battle, now stands on the spot where the redoubt was builton Breeds Hill. Its cornerstone was laid by General Lafayette, on the 17th of June,
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