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Missouri Compromise


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An arrangement made in 1820 which provided that Missouri should be admitted to the Union as a slave state, but that slavery should not be allowed in any new state lying north of 36° 30′.

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Missouri Compromise (1820–21)
in World Encyclopedia Length: 53 words
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in A Dictionary of World History (2) Length: 123 words
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in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Length: 98 words
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