The Missouri Compromise established the precedent of adding slave and free states equally to keep the balance of power. This agreement aimed to maintain a balance between slave and free states in the Senate by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state at the same time.
The Missouri Compromise established which as a precedent?
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adding slave and free states equally to keep the balance of power
using popular sovereignty as the deciding factor on the legality of slavery
promoting the expansion of slavery to support the South
applying its compromise decision to all territories and future states
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