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To avoid arguments over which Western territories could be admitted as slave-states.

Any new state North of Missouri's Southern border would be free soil.

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What considedrations prompted the Missouri compromise and why did it fail?

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Who was the Missouri compromise written by?

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The Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30' N parallel except within the boundaries of the proposed state, was part of the law passed on March 6, 1820 admitting Missouri as the 24th state in the Union.


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