missouri compromise

1. 1.

   an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories

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Questions about missouri compromise

What does missouri compromise mean?

missouri compromise means "an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories".

Is missouri compromise a common word?

missouri compromise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.