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.

Employers sued many unions in the 1830s, charging the illegality of which of the following practices?

   

• Workday limitation agreements.
• Closed-shop agreements.
• Sabotage and slowdown.
• Price-fixing agreements. 

ANSWER: Employers sued many unions in the 1830s, charging the illegality of closed-shop agreements.