The first attempt to settle this territorial dispute was an agreement called the Compromise of 1820, which was also known as the Missouri Compromise. This compromise was formed at a time when there was equilibrium between slave and Free states, with eleven of each. The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to maintain the balance in the Senate. As Maine was admitted as a free state, Missouri was simultaneo

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