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mar 6, 1820 - Missouri Compromise

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This law made it so that new states above 30o 36o could not be slave states. Maine was added as a free state while Missouri was added as a slave state. Southern states were not a fan of the 30o 36o line as they wanted to expand slavery.

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mar 6, 1820
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~ 205 years ago