What Was the Missouri Compromise?
And Other Questions About the Struggle over Slavery
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Answers questions about slavery and the Missouri Compromise, discussing why it was controversial, what the terms were, and who stood out as the great compromiser.
Series: Six questions of American history.
Contents:
The big controversy -- The Missouri question -- The big debate -- A state at last! -- The country's response -- Primary source: Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Holmes -- Tell your Missouri compromise story.
Subjects:
Missouri compromise -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile literature.
Missouri compromise -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 840L
ISBN:
9780761353317 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY US Slavery Lan | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Slavery Lan | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).