the Missouri Compromise
/ðə mɪˌzʊəri ˈkɒmprəmaɪz/
/ðə mɪˌzʊri ˈkɑːmprəmaɪz/
- the general name for several US laws passed in 1820-1 to end disputes between states that practised slavery and states that did not. Both groups wanted new states to follow their systems. According to the Compromise, Missouri joined the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also declared that slavery would not be allowed in the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was replaced in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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the Missouri Compromise