On Mar 3, 1820: Congress passes the Missouri Compromise. It balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansion of enslavement in the country with those of southern states to expand it.Missouri was an enslavement state, Maine, a free state.
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"Missouri Compromise, 1820." Historianspeaks, March 7, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/missouri-compromise-1820.
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