Missouri Compromise
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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MISSOURI COMPROMISE 1820 21, measures passed by the U.S. Congress...division of the United States. In Jan., 1820, a bill to admit Maine as a state passed...were treated separately, and in Mar., 1820, Maine was made a state and Missouri...