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What was the Missouri Compromise? : and other questions about the struggle over slavery

Call Number

  • J 973.54 LANI (OSH)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, ©2012.

Physical Description

48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Summary

Answers questions about slavery and the Missouri Compromise, discussing why it was controversial, what the terms were, and who stood out as the great compromiser.

Contents

  • The big controversy
  • The Missouri question
  • The big debate
  • A state at last!
  • The country's response
  • Primary source: Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Holmes
  • Tell your Missouri compromise story.

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