Nationalism+and+Sectionalism

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 * Missouri Compromise:**


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 * By 1818 settlers had even spread beyond the Mississippi River into Missouri.
 * About 1 in 6 settlers were enslaved African Americans.
 * In 1819 there were 22 states in the Union. In half of the states—the “slave states” of the South—slavery was legal.
 * In the other half of the states—the “free states” of the North—slavery was illegal.
 * If Missouri were admitted as a slave state, the balance would be upset.
 * Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was to be admitted as a free state. balance between the number of free states and slave states was preserved.
 * Banned slavery in the northern part of the Louisiana Territory.
 * The Missouri Compromise kept the balance between slave and free states.
 * It showed there was sectionalism in the North and South.


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