What were the three components of the missouri compromise?

a. admit missouri as a slave state
b. admit missouri as a free state
c. admit maine as a free state
d. admit maine as a slave state
e. congress could not determine the expansion of slavery into the territories
g. area north of 36° 30' in the louisiana purchase would be closed to slavery

basic principles: federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, representative democracy, limited government, rule of law, individual rights and responsibilities, consent of the governed, majority rule, popular sovereignty, equal protection.

mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.