The Missouri Compromise of 1820...

 

• resulted from the conciliatory efforts of Congressman James Tallmadge of New York.


• provided for Maine to enter the Union as a free state in 1820, and Missouri to enter as a slave state the following year.


• prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory south of latitude 36°30´.


• convinced the aged and retired Thomas Jefferson that the peaceful extinction of slavery by mutual agreement was now in sight. 

ANSWER: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provided for Maine to enter the Union as a free state in 1820, and Missouri to enter as a slave state the following year.