Missouri Compromise
US (now historical )
noun
The measure passed by the U.S. Congress in 1820 (and repealed in 1854) which provided that Missouri should be admitted to the Union as a Slave State, but forbade slavery in any other part of the Louisiana Purchase lying north of the latitude 36° 30′.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858).
- methyl bromide
- methylcellulose
- methyl chloride
- methylchloroform
- methylcholanthrene
- methyl cyanide
- methyldopa
- methylene
- methylene azure
- methylene blue
- methylene chloride
- methylene dichloride
- methylene violet
- methyl ether
- methyl ethyl ketone
- methylglyoxal
- methyl green
- methylic
- methyl isobutyl ketone
- methyl isocyanate
- methyl isocyanide
- methylmalonate
- methylmalonic
- methylmalonyl
- methyl mercaptan