A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . n. When Congress met again in December 1819, the Missouristatehood bill was taken up for final settlement. The debateswere just as bitter as before. Finally a compromise wasagreed upon. This is known in history as the Missouri Com-promise. A law was adopted on March 6, 1820, which gaveMissouri permission to form a state constitution and a stategovernment without any restriction on slavery. This is calledthe Missouri Enabling Act, The act of 1820 had other pro-vis
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . n. When Congress met again in December 1819, the Missouristatehood bill was taken up for final settlement. The debateswere just as bitter as before. Finally a compromise wasagreed upon. This is known in history as the Missouri Com-promise. A law was adopted on March 6, 1820, which gaveMissouri permission to form a state constitution and a stategovernment without any restriction on slavery. This is calledthe Missouri Enabling Act, The act of 1820 had other pro-visions in it. It set forth the boundaries of Missouri as theyare to-day, excepting the Platte Purchase country, which wasadded in 1836. It gave the new state. United States publiclands for public schools, a state university, and a seat ofgovernment. This act also provided, and this is the importantpart of the Missouri Compromise, that slavery was prohibit-ed in all of the Louisiana Purchase country north of 36° 30(the southern boundary of Missouri) excepting the proposedState of Missouri. llissouRis Stru(;(:;le for Statehood 69. aMMKY OV MISSOURI AS FIRST sui;c;i:sTicDiN 1817 I ?• 111 M>..nk. l/,.t „j Mn . I i.
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