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14. The state of Maine, required to complete the Missouri Compromise, was carved out of the territory
of which state?


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Answer: In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.

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