How did the Missouri Bill debate in 1820 reflect the growing tensions over slavery in the United States?
Assignment Question Examine the primary sources presented at the end of Chapter 10 in McGerr’s Of the People: Source 10.1: Rufus King, Excerpts from The Substance of Two Speeches Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the Subject of the Missouri Bill (1820) and William Pinkney, Excerpts from His Response on the Missouri […]