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dec 1, 1819 - Missouri Compromise

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Missouri wanted to join the union as a slave state, so to keep congress balanced, they added Maine as a free state.
This physically divided the country as new slave states were not allowed north of Missouri.

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dec 1, 1819
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~ 206 years ago