Missouri Compromise of 1820

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gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:the_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_of_1854
gptkbp:established the 36°30′ parallel as the dividing line for future states
intense political negotiations
gptkbp:historicalEvent had_lasting_implications_for_the_United_States.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Missouri Compromise of 1820
gptkbp:influenced slavery
the_expansion_of_the_United_States_westward
the_political_landscape_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:involved the future of slavery in new territories
gptkbp:is_a_reflection_of the tensions of the era
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of the_Lincoln-Douglas_debates
gptkbp:is_involved_in pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions
gptkbp:is_part_of over the issue of slavery
the_sectional_conflict_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:is_referenced_in the_debates_over_the_Wilmot_Proviso
gptkbp:is_supported_by Northern Democrats
gptkbp:is_used_in a_precursor_to_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:keyEvent the_history_of_American_politics
gptkbp:led_to increased_tensions_over_slavery_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:legislation attempted to resolve sectional conflicts
shaped_the_future_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:mandates the admission of new states
gptkbp:opposedBy Southern Democrats
gptkbp:precedent future compromises regarding slavery
gptkbp:purpose to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states
gptkbp:resultedIn Maine_being_admitted_as_a_free_state
Missouri_being_admitted_as_a_slave_state
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:the_American_Civil_War
American_history
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in the_rise_of_the_Republican_Party
the_Dred_Scott_decision
gptkbp:was_a_response_to new states into the Union
the interests of slave and free states
the status of slavery
the_admission_of_Missouri_to_the_Union
the_growing_divide_between_North_and_South
the_slavery_issue_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:was_a_result_of some historians
American_legislative_history
gptkbp:was_marked_by President_James_Monroe
gptkbp:year 1820