Tallmadge Amendment debate

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The Tallmadge Amendment debate was a pivotal 1819–1820 congressional clash over restricting slavery in Missouri that exposed deep sectional tensions and foreshadowed the collapse of the Era of Good Feelings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional debate ⓘ
political event ⓘ
slavery debate ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Missouri Territory ⓘ
chronologicallyFollowedBy Missouri Compromise ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource congressional debates of 1819–1820 ⓘ
endTime 1820 ⓘ
hasCause application of Missouri Territory for admission as a state ⓘ
conflict over expansion of slavery into western territories ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to the Missouri Compromise ⓘ
exposed fragility of the Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
foreshadowed sectional crisis over slavery ⓘ
heightened sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ
hasPart Tallmadge Amendment ⓘ
historicalPeriod antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeProcess amendment to Missouri statehood bill ⓘ
location House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
mainSubject Missouri statehood ⓘ
slavery in Missouri ⓘ
slavery restriction in new states ⓘ
opposedBy Southern slaveholding interests ⓘ
outcome Tallmadge Amendment passed in the House of Representatives ⓘ
Tallmadge Amendment rejected in the Senate ⓘ
no permanent restriction on slavery in Missouri in final compromise ⓘ
pointInTime February 1819 ⓘ
relatedTo American slavery debate ⓘ
Missouri Compromise of 1820 ⓘ
linked to: Missouri Compromise

Missouri statehood controversy ⓘ
United States expansion westward ⓘ
sectionalism in the United States ⓘ
significance early national confrontation over slavery’s expansion ⓘ
major turning point in antebellum sectional politics ⓘ
significantPerson Henry Clay ⓘ
James Tallmadge Jr. ⓘ
John C. Calhoun ⓘ
Northern anti-slavery congressmen ⓘ
Rufus King ⓘ
Southern pro-slavery congressmen ⓘ
startTime 1819 ⓘ
supportedBy many Northern representatives ⓘ
temporalContext Era of Good Feelings ⓘ
topic gradual emancipation in Missouri ⓘ
prohibition of further introduction of slaves into Missouri ⓘ

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Era of Good Feelings → significantEvent → Tallmadge Amendment debate ⓘ
Tallmadge Amendment debate → hasPart → Tallmadge Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Tallmadge Amendment debate
James Tallmadge Jr. → notableWork → Tallmadge Amendment ⓘ
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James Tallmadge Jr. → proposed → Tallmadge Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Tallmadge Amendment debate
James Tallmadge Jr. → topicOf → Tallmadge Amendment controversy ⓘ
linked to: Tallmadge Amendment debate
Missouri statehood controversy → hasPart → Tallmadge Amendment debate ⓘ