The decisive vote in the House of…

February 1820 CE

The decisive vote in the House of Representatives on February 25, 1820, admits Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and makes “free soil” all western territories north of Missouri's southern border.

A new crisis arises, however, when ...

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Washington District of Columbia Dist of Columbia United States View →

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Massachusetts, Commonwealth of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Missouri, Territory of (U.S.A.) View → Maine, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Party System, First (United States) View → Good Feelings, Era of View → “Era of Good Feelings” in the U.S., The: 1816-1827 View → Panic of 1819 View →

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