the Missouri Compromise
/ðə mɪˌzʊəri ˈkɒmprəmaɪz/
/ðə mɪˌzʊri ˈkɑːmprəmaɪz/
- the general name for several US laws passed in 1820-1 to end disputes between slave states and free states. 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 slaves would not be allowed in the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase. It was replaced in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
密苏里妥协：1820-1年通过的数项美国法律的通用名称，以结束奴隶制国家与自由州之间的争端。两组都希望新州遵循他们的制度。根据妥协的说法，密苏里州加入了联盟，成为奴隶州，缅因州加入了自由州。它还宣布在路易斯安那购买计划的北部将不允许奴隶。1854年，它被《堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案》所取代。