[DOC] [TLE] Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia [PAR] The Missouri Compromise was a United States federal statute devised by Henry 
Clay. ... Although already superseded by the KansasNebraska Act, the Supreme 
... The admission of another slave state would increase the South's power at a 
time .... For this reason, northern states wanted Maine admitted as a free state. [DOC] [TLE] Compromise of 1850 - Wikipedia [PAR] California is admitted free state; Texas trades some territorial claims for debt relief
; New Mexico becomes New Mexico Territory with slavery undecided. The 
Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United 
States .... In early June, nine slave holding Southern states sent delegates to the
... [DOC] [TLE] Missouri Compromise facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Under the agreement, the territory of Missouri was admitted as a slave state, the 
... In 1819 the free territory of Maine applied for statehood. ... In return, the 
Southern states agreed to limit slavery to the territory below 3630 north 
latitude. ..... See also: Compromise of 1850; Fugitive Slave Acts; Kansas 
Nebraska Act of 1854. [DOC] [TLE] Missouri Compromise - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Admission of Missouri as a slave state would upset that balance; it would also ... 
admitted as a slave state and Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) as free, ... 
slavery in Kansas and Nebraska, though both were north of the compromise line. [DOC] [TLE] Missouri Compromise | HistoryNet [PAR] In 1819, the slaveholding territory of Missouri applied for admission to the Union. 
... Then, in 1850, California was admitted as a stand-alone free state, upsetting 
the ... Fugitive Slave Act, which required citizens of all states to return any 
runaway ... But with all the good that the Louisiana Purchase brought to the 
United States,... [DOC] [TLE] Missouri Compromise: Primary Documents of American History ... [PAR] ... passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. ... 
In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska ... 
Representatives passed its own bill, which admitted Missouri without slavery, ... 
Application of Missouri for admission into the union as a state, December 29, 
1819. [DOC] [TLE] Theme:The Slavery Debate - US Capitol Visitor Center [PAR] The slavery debate revolved around several critical issues. ... The Missouri 
Compromise was the first major legislative compromise passed to settle the 
slavery ... The Compromise admitted California to the Union as a free state, 
allowed the ... Introduced by Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas, the Kansas-
Nebraska Act granted... [DOC] [TLE] 1820-1861: Holding the Union Together - US Capitol Visitor Center [PAR] The Missouri Compromise was the first major legislative compromise passed to 
settle the ... The Compromise admitted California to the Union as a free state, 
allowed the ... Slave Law by requiring free states to return escaped slaves to their 
owners. ... between the North and South and brought the nation closer to civil war
. [DOC] [TLE] Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857 [PAR] This case defined whether a slave should be considered a person protected by ... 
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 destroyed the tenuous balance struck 34 
years before ... a free State, and on to the free Wisconsin Territory before 
returning to Missouri. ... After defeat in State courts, Scott brought suit in a local 
federal court. [DOC] [TLE] The Kansas-Nebraska Act - Civil War Trust [PAR] An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas May 30, 1854 ... new 
territories to decide if they were a free or slave state by popular sovereignty. The 
Kansas-Nebraska Act undid the compromise that was made in the Missouri ... by 
the name of the Territory Nebraska; and when admitted as a State or States, the... [DOC] [TLE] The American Civil War, Missouri Compromise 1820: [PAR] At the time, there were an equal number of slave states and free states in the 
Union. ... entry as free state; Missouri was then admitted without restrictions on 
slavery. ... the slavery issue in the United States was dramatically brought to 
everyone's ... to

Question: In return for Missouri's admittance as a slave state, this N.E. state was brought in as a free state
Answer: Maine