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The Missouri Compromise

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1 The Missouri Compromise
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2 What were the terms…? Slavery would not be restricted in Missouri
Maine was carved out of Northern Massachusetts and admitted as a free state Territories north of 36º 30’ N latitude in the Louisiana purchase would not have slavery People in the north were encourage to return runaway slaves

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4 The Compromise of 1850

5 What were the terms…? California was admitted into the Union as a free state that would never allow slavery A large territory was split into the Utah and new Mexican Territories The slave trade was ended in Washington DC The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened

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