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The Missouri Compromise (1820) showed that slavery had become the central, deeply divisive issue in national politics and that sectional balance between free and slave states was crucial to maintaining Union stability.
Key points:
- Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state to keep the Senate balance.
- It established the 36°30′ line in the Louisiana Purchase: slavery prohibited north of that line (except Missouri).
- It demonstrated that congressional compromises could postpone but not resolve the underlying sectional conflict that eventually led to the Civil War.
Key points:
- Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state to keep the Senate balance.
- It established the 36°30′ line in the Louisiana Purchase: slavery prohibited north of that line (except Missouri).
- It demonstrated that congressional compromises could postpone but not resolve the underlying sectional conflict that eventually led to the Civil War.
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