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Since the North and South could not agree on whether Missouri should become a free state or slave state, it was decided that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state and Maine would be a free state. This kept the number of free and slave states equal. In addition, a line was drawn at 36 degrees north latitude that became known as the Missouri Compromise Line. It extended west of the Mississippi River. All states north of the Missouri Compromise line were to be free states (except Missouri), and all the states below the line would allow slavery.
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Since the North and South could not agree on whether Missouri should become a free state or slave state, it was decided that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state and Maine would be a free state. This kept the number of free and slave states equal. In addition, a line was drawn at 36 degrees north latitude that became known as the Missouri Compromise Line. It extended west of the Mississippi River. All states north of the Missouri Compromise line were to be free states (except Missouri), and all the states below the line would allow slavery.
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