The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free
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seriousness of the crime, this is not in the answer choices but they determine it off of if they think the defendant will do it again or flee before the trial
George Washington was the first president
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It showed rank
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The Caste System was so important to ancient India because it showed rank.