In the early 1800's there was crazy division among states. Twenty two states were equally divided, exactly half, eleven, were for slavery and the other eleven were against. During this time there was a standstill because Missouri itself was undecided about slavery and what they wanted with Louisiana. This caused the house of representatives to not allow anymore slaves into the state of Missouri, or to be transported through, which was a major point of progress. Shortly after Missouri was said to be a slave state whereas Maine was said to be a free state. Because both states extended slavery west of the Mississippi and were divided into free and slave states this constituted as the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
This is an image of the written Missouri Compromise dividing the states into free and slave.
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