CLEP U.S. History I 053: Missouri Compromise and Sectional Balance
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 10 | Lesson 10.3 In 1819 Missouri Territory requested admission with slavery. Since the Senate contained an equal number of free and slave states, admission threatened political balance. Representative James Tallmadge proposed restricting further slavery in Missouri and providing gradual emancipation for children born there. The proposal passed the […]
CLEP U.S. History I 052: Implied Powers and Interstate Commerce
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 10 | Lesson 10.2 Two Marshall Court decisions gave practical force to national economic power. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) arose after Maryland taxed notes issued by the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States. James McCulloch refused to pay. The Court upheld Congress’s authority to charter […]
