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mar 1, 1820 - Missouri Compromise passed (Mar. 1820)

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Henry Clay of Kentucky played big role; Congress agrees to accept Missouri as slave state while Maine accepted as free state; Future slavery prohibited north of line 36.5 degrees, S boundary of Missouri; Denounced by extremists on both sides, politically evenhanded compromise

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mar 1, 1820
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~ 205 years ago