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The Missouri Compromise |
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The Missouri Compromise
By Cathy Pearl |
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1 In 1819, there were eleven slave states. There were also eleven free states. That year, Missouri applied to become a state. They wanted to be a slave state. Immediately there was a problem. If Missouri became a state, there would be more slave states than free states. This meant the South would have control in the Senate. Northern states did not want Missouri to become a state.