jan 1, 1820 - Missouri Compromise
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The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between congressmen from free states and congressmen from slave states. They agreed to ass Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, maintaining the balance of slave and free Senators in the Senate. This event is significant because it shows the emerging divide between pro-slavery and abolitionists in American culture at the time.
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