The issue was resolved by a two-part compromise. First, Missouri gained admission to the ... and by the 1857 Dred Scott case, 19 How. 393 ) Second, Maine was simultaneously admitted to statehood ...

In 1820 the Missouri Compromise was passed to sort out this issue. By 1819, the US was made up of 22 states - evenly split between Slave States and Free States. In November 1819, Missouri ...

The first represented the growing discord within the United States over the issue of slavery and the second ... Missouri to statehood was introduced in Congress. By 1820, a compromise was reached ...