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the main purpose OF THE Missouri compromise was to

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The main purpose of the Missouri Compromise (1820) was to preserve the balance of power between free and slave states in Congress by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and by prohibiting slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30′ latitude line (except for Missouri).