Missouri Compromise
In 1820, Missouri wanted to enter the country as a slave state. The Northerners realized that this would result in there being more slave states than free states, and they did not want this to happen. So, they admitted Missouri as a slave state and split a northern state in half to make Maine. The compromise is that whenever a slave state wanted to be added, a free state had to be added too and vice versa. The 36 30 line made the border between the North and South. Now, the United States really was divided.
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