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The Civil War starts in 1861. How many years later is that after the Missouri Compromise?​

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The Missouri Compromise was passed into law in 1820 and regulated slavery in the western states. Though it was passed forty-one years before the Civil War, it still played a large role in laying the groundwork for the war that was to come