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What latitude was chosen as the dividing line between slave and free states? 26 degrees 40 minutes 30 degrees 36 minutes 36 degrees 30 minutes 40 degrees 32 minutes

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36 degrees 30 minutes

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Answer;

36 degrees 30 minutes

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-Missouri Compromise Line - 36 Degrees, 30 Minutes. Map, depicting the impact of the Missouri Compromise on American land. No slavery (except in Missouri) would be allowed in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30' latitude line.

-The compromises drew a line between free and slave states on the 36 30' line of latitude.on the Arkansas Missouri border and everything above it was free except Missouri.


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