Missouri Compromise

By sbyers20

  • America's Freedom

    This is when the Declaration of Independence was signed and thus was the birth of a free America.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    This was the purchase of territory from France that doubled the size of America and was a big deal because nobody knew what was in this territory, not even the French.

  • The begginning of the end of slave trade.

    This was Jefferson set to end slave trade across the ocean and possibly end slavery all together.

  • Treaty of Ghent

    The treaty of Ghent was signed to end the war of 1812

  • Debate heats up on slave trade

    The debate over expanding slavery was in full effect and later cause the Missouri compromise.

  • The Missouri Comrpomise.

    This was the balance in Congress between the amount of slave states and anti-slave states.