How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintain the balance of free and slave states?

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Jkrcma · Answer 1 · 2019-10-20T10:03:21+0000

The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, but kept the balance by also making Maine a free state, which meant that there was an equal amount of slave and free states in the US

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintain the balance of free and slave states?

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