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The Missouri Compromise was an agreement made in order to establish a balance between the number of free and slavery states.

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1846869424Missouri CompromiseAgreement made to keep the balance of slave and free states equal. Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine added as a free state in 1821.0
1846869425Kansas-Nebraska ActAct that superseded The Missouri Compromise and allowed the territories in that state to decide whether or not they were to be free or slave territories based on popular sovereignty.1
1846869426Henry ClayKnown as the "Great Pacificator" for his work on developing components for The Missouri Compromise.2
1846869427James MonroeThe President of the United States from 1817 to 1825.3
18468694281820Maine and Missouri are added to the U.S.4
1846869429The Republican PartyPolitical group founded in 1954 as a group supporting anti-slavery.5
1846869430Parallel 36 30' NorthThe boundary line in the Missouri Compromise that separated the North from the South6
1846869431Dred Scott v SanfordThe case that found The Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Finding that Congress had no say in declaring what territories could or could not be slave or free states.7
1846869432Fifth AmendmentStating "...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."8
1846869433DouglasSenator known for designing the Kansas-Nebraska Act.9
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