A follow-up act passed a year after this law concerned the interpretation of an "exclusionary clause" in a state constitution.
A follow-up act passed a year after this law concerned the interpretation of an "exclusionary clause" in a state constitution. Jesse Thomas added a key provision to this act. James Tallmadge unsuccessfully sought to amend this law, which was called a "fire bell in the night" by a former president; Tallmadge's amendment would have freed some slaves at age 25. Massachusetts lost the land which became Maine under this law negotiated by Speaker Henry Clay, which used the latitude 36Â°30' as an upper bound for slavery in the territories. For 10 points, name this 1820 agreement later undone by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, named for the new slave state it admitted.
A follow-up act passed a year after this law concerned the interpretation of an "exclusionary clause" in a state constitution.
Missouri Compromise [accept Compromise of 1820 until "1820" is read] 