Creative thought matters because it is creating the future. And thatâs what Skidmore is all about. Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is an independent, coeducational, liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., which prides itself on its creative approaches to just about everything. Hence the collegeâs core belief that Creative Thought Matters.
The crisis over Missouri Compromise exposed the divisions of the  country on the contentious issue of slavery. The line that  literally divided the territories that would beâ¦come states put the  Union into a precarious balance that could easily tip in favor of  the slave states.
The Missouri Compromise passed Congress in 1820. It admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and barred slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of the 36Â°30' parallel.he Missouri Compromise was passed by Congress in 1820 in response to the large increase in U.S. territory as a result of the Louisiana Purchase. It provided that for every new free state that was added to the union, a slave state should be added.