Repeated sectional compromises in 1820, 1850, and 1854 held the Union together, averting civil war. Compare/contrast these compromises. With this "history," why did compromise in 1860 fail?
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In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was reached, which allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance of free and slave states in the Senate. In 1850, the Compromise of 1850 was reached, which included the Show more…
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