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28 December, 06:23

Why was Missouri's application for statehood so controversial?

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    In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U. S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.
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