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Describe the three main provisions of the missouri compromise
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The Missouri Compromise (1820) had three main provisions:
1. Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state.
2. Maine (previously part of Massachusetts) was admitted as a free state, preserving the balance of free and slave states in the Senate.
3. Slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30' (the southern boundary of Missouri), with the exception of Missouri itself.
The measure, engineered by Henry Clay and signed by President James Monroe, temporarily eased sectional tensions over slavery.
1. Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state.
2. Maine (previously part of Massachusetts) was admitted as a free state, preserving the balance of free and slave states in the Senate.
3. Slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30' (the southern boundary of Missouri), with the exception of Missouri itself.
The measure, engineered by Henry Clay and signed by President James Monroe, temporarily eased sectional tensions over slavery.
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