The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort by the US Congress to resolve a sectional dispute between the 'free states' of the North and the 'slave states' of the South. #History #ThomasJefferson #MissouriCompromise #AmericanCivilWar #HenryClay #Slavery #TallmadgeAmendment #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24005-en/