How did the Missouri Compromise enable the nations leaders to delay a resolution to t

[Rocky]

How did the Missouri Compromise enable the nations leaders to delay a resolution to the slavery question? What did Jefferson mean when he said that debates over slavery put Americans in a position where we have a wolf by the ears and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go?

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Why do I get the feeling that you are trying to get us to do your history homework?

 

[Rocky]

I'm doing it for this forum, if i ask more history questions here then i want to be remembered for that.