What was the Missouri Compromise?

Part of a series of half measures that attempted to balance the interests of slave and non-slave states, the Missouri Compromise was a Congressional enactment that seemed opportune at the time. However, it only solidified the growing divide between the northern and southern parts of the U.S., which was becoming increasingly defined by stances on the matter of slavery. This divide would in turn erupt into the Civil War.
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