Social Studies Flashcards
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What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?
Answer: Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
The compromise kept the balance of free and slave states by admitting Missouri (slave) and Maine (free).
In which Missouri city did Dred Scott first file his lawsuit for freedom?
Answer: St. Louis
Dred Scott sued for his freedom in the St. Louis courthouse, and the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857.
In what year did Missouri become a state?
Answer: 1821
Missouri became the 24th state on August 10, 1821.
From which country did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory, which included present-day Missouri?
Answer: France
The U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery started up the Missouri River in 1804 from an area near which city?
Answer: St. Louis
The expedition left from Camp Dubois, across from St. Louis, and went up the Missouri River.
Which U.S. president grew up in Missouri and lived in Independence?
Answer: Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president, was born in Lamar and lived in Independence, Missouri.
During the Civil War, what was true about Missouri?
Answer: It was a border state that stayed in the Union but had divided loyalties
Missouri stayed in the Union as a slave-holding border state, but its people were bitterly divided.