February 17 1819 – The First Missouri Compromise Passes the United States House of Representatives

February 17 1819 – The First Missouri Compromise Passes the United States House of RepresentativesRate this post Forty years before the United States erupted in Civil War, the debate over slavery kicked into high gear with the passage of the first Missouri Compromise on February 17, 1819. Designed to create a plan for the admission of new states into the Union with a balance between pro- and anti-slavery, the bill made it through the House of Representatives before being denied by the Senate. The US was well on its way to becoming a house divided. Missouri Territory first petitioned Congress for the ability to join the nation in 1817. According […]