the Missouri Compromise
/ðə mɪˌzʊəri ˈkɒmprəmaɪz/
/ðə mɪˌzʊri ˈkɑːmprəmaɪz/
- the general name for several US laws passed in 1820-1 to end disputes between states that practised slavery and states that did not. Both groups wanted new states to follow their systems. According to the Compromise, Missouri joined the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also declared that slavery would not be allowed in the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was replaced in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
1820 年 1 月通过的几项美国法律的总称，旨在结束实行奴隶制的州与不实行奴隶制的州之间的争端。两个团体都希望新的国家遵循他们的制度。根据妥协方案，密苏里州作为蓄奴州加入联邦，缅因州作为自由州加入联邦。它还宣布路易斯安那购地北部地区不允许奴隶制。 1854 年，该法案被《堪萨斯-内布拉斯加州法案》取代。