The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a way to lessen the tension between the North and South. A balance of "free" states and slave states was needed. If there were more slave states then "free" states, the senate would be completely disrupted. As a result of the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state while Maine entered as a "free" state. With the compromise in place the balance of states was restored and some of the tension between North and South was dissolved, but some still had some enmity towards their brother states.
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