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How did the Missouri compromise increase tensions between north and south?

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The Missouri Compromise was meant to create balance between slave and non-slave states. With it, the country was equally divided between slave and free states. Admitting Missouri as a slave state gave the south one more state than the north. Adding Maine as a free state balanced things out again.

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The commitment arises from the need to maintain the balance that then existed between the 11 non-slave states (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, founders; and Vermont, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, incorporated ), and the other 11 slavers

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