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.
March 3, 1820: Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise was the first major legislative compromise passed to settle the slavery issue by drawing a line between slave and free territory. Speaker of the House Henry Clay promoted the deal, which admitted Maine to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.