Sourcing the Tallmadge Amendment 👓

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the background of James Tallmadge and the role he played in authoring a gradual emancipation bill in New York prior to debates over Missouri
• Identify the main idea of the amendment's text
• Discussion on the factors that influenced the debate over the admission of Missouri
• Explain how one factor influenced the ideas of the Tallmadge Amendment

⚙️ Resources

• The Missouri Compromise (AMSCO text)
• The Tallmadge Amendment (Primary source)