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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Missouri Compromise
    n 1: an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery
         factions in the United States concerning the extension of
         slavery into new territories