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The Events Leading to the Civil War
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The Missouri Compromise
Durring the growth years following the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Congress was forced to establish a policy to guide the expansion of slavery into the new western territory. Missouri’s application for statehood as a slave state sparked a bitter national debate. Soon later, congress came to some agreements that was called the Missouri Compromise. The agreement was to balence free and slave states votes from congress. Also to prevent war.
