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1821- A State is born


Missourians wanted their territory to become a state.  They asked the United States Congress to make Missouri a state.  During this time, several states in the Union were slave states or free states.  Missouri asked for their state to be a slave state.  Sincere there were already 11 free and 11 slave states, Missouri's entrance as a slave state would make this unequal.  What would Congress decide?

Your Mission:
**Examine the following websites. With your partner, answer the following questions to better understand how Missouri became a state and the effects of this event.
       1.  Explain how the Missouri Compromise made it possible for Missouri to enter the Union.

       2. Create a timeline of events beginning with 1812 when the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.

     3.  Create a poster of Missouri's symbols.  Be creative as possible.

Resource Links:

The Missouri Compromise

The "Show Me" State

The Dred Scott Decision - PBS video

Dred Scott Decision information

Watch "A State is Born"
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Missouri Symbols









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