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The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were both meant to

stop the spread of slavery in the United States.

create a compromise in which new states could be admitted to the Union.

allow slavery to move into the Louisiana Territory.

The Compromise of 1850 was necessary because

California was seeking admittance to the Union as a free state.

Americans were unwilling to live with the terms of the Missouri Compromise.

public attitudes had shifted, and few Americans supported slavery in 1850.

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