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What agreements did congress reach that are regarded collectively as the Mississippi compromise

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Maine admitted as free state and Missouri a slave state, preserved sectional balance of senate, Louisiana territory split b/w slaveholders and free settlers, south=slavery was legal, north= slavery banned (except Missouri), slavery in federal territories settled, slavery legal south of dividing line, Maine and Missouri= free states, settle slave issue temporarily

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