Missouri Compromise
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title:
Missouri Compromise
text:
The Missouri Compromise was federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of prohibiting slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands north of the 36°30′ parallel. The 16th United States Congress passed the legislation on March 3, 1820, and President James Monroe signed it on M
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1820 United States federal legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise
date created:
2002-03-25T23:01:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:49:29Z
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