. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . L OF MAINE as the State of Mississippi. ini)wiswa,s admitted in to 1800 it had been a part of the iSTorthwest Territory,and then, till 1809, formed witli Indiana the Indiana Terri-tory. After the admission of tiie latter, it constituted theIllinois Territory. Alabama was admitted in 1819; and,in 1820, Maine, till tlien a part of Massachnsetts, was alsoadmitted into tlie Union. 5. Missouri Compromise—When Missouri applied foradmission, a viole
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . L OF MAINE as the State of Mississippi. ini)wiswa,s admitted in to 1800 it had been a part of the iSTorthwest Territory,and then, till 1809, formed witli Indiana the Indiana Terri-tory. After the admission of tiie latter, it constituted theIllinois Territory. Alabama was admitted in 1819; and,in 1820, Maine, till tlien a part of Massachnsetts, was alsoadmitted into tlie Union. 5. Missouri Compromise—When Missouri applied foradmission, a violent and j^rolonged discussion arose in Con-gress, because its constitution permitted the existence of * This territory, except the coast-strip between Florida and Louisiana, was originallya part of Georgia ; but, in 1798, was organized as the Mississippi Territory. The wordMississippi is of Indian origin, signifying, according to some writers, the Great Biver,according to others, the Great Father of Waters. 5. What is meant by the Missouri Compromise ? What led to its adoption ? Whenwas Missouri admitted ? 1824] MONROES ADMINISTRATION !13. 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
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