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What was one legal issue that arose because of the Louisiana Purchase agreement?

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Answered by saltywhitehorse
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One legal issue arose because of the Louisiana Purchase was introducing the slave or free states in territories.

Explanation:

  • The Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803.
  • Over the decade, the South had tried to imposed slavery in the newly occupied land.  
  • Missouri controversy of 1820 divided between the slave and free states in the United States.
  • Maine declared as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
  • The compromise stopped the spread of slavery in the north (Louisiana territory) from the southern line of latitude 36 degrees 30'.

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