8 Jul 1820 Jahr - Missouri Compromise

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Amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel. Put away the growing issue of slavery for a litttttle longer.

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