The Missouri Compromise:

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The Missouri Compromise was a compromise passed in 1820 to maintain a balance between the number of free states and slave states. It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, and drew a line across the southern border of Missouri and prohibited slavery in states and territories north of this line. This compromise helped ease tensions between the North and South, but it ultimately failed to prevent the Civil War.