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may 8, 1820 - Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Settled the dispute of Missouri wanting to join the Union as a slave state by letting Missouri join as a slave state, but also taking Maine as a free state. It was also determined that all northern states from the Louisiana Purchase would be free states. Repealed with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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may 8, 1820
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~ 206 years ago