Noun
an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
Source: WordNetI was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. Abraham Lincoln
Based on this property-rights centered argument, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutionally violated due process." Source: Internet
Johannsen pp. 402–403 These territories, however, unlike Nebraska, had not been part of the Louisiana Purchase and had never been subject to the Missouri Compromise. Source: Internet
Cooper pp. 350–351 Meeting with President Pierce Pierce had barely mentioned Nebraska in his State of the Union message the previous month and was not enthusiastic about the implications of repealing the Missouri Compromise. Source: Internet
Douglas's attempt to finesse his way around the Missouri Compromise did not work. Source: Internet
Clay helped settle this dispute by gaining Congressional approval for a plan called the " Missouri Compromise ". Source: Internet