American Expansion and Improvements

Territory whose application for statehood in 1819 caused a major regional conflict

Kentucky representative who proposed the Missouri Compromise

Territory that under the Missouri Compromise would be allowed to enter the Union as a free state

Practice that under the MO Compromise would be prohibited in any new territories or states formed above the 36 30 line

US plan for using high tariffs to pay for internal improvements

Intended to maintain a balance in the Senate between free states and slave states

Winner of the 1824 presidential election

Missouri's application for statehood sparked great debate in Congress

The Missouri Compromise, proposed by Henry Clay, would allow Missouri to enter the Union as a free state while Maine joined as a slave state.

Passage of the Missouri Compromise forever ended the US debate over slavery