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A compromise is when two or more parties in disagreement reach an agreement that does not give all sides exactly what they want, but enough of what they want so that they can be happy. Compromise is the best possible solution to a conflict however it does not alwa ....

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.... state, Maine was also admitted as a free state. It also created an imaginary line along the 36o latitude, where slavery was allowed below it but prevented above it. However they limited themselves by only applying the Compromise to lands gained in the Louisiana purchase. This led to conflict after the Mexican war in which America gained new territories in the West. This doomed , which was probably the most promising of the three. Had the Compromise been applied to all American lands then perhaps it could have succeeded. Instead failed and only led to further conflict between north and south in the future. In 1849 once again the Union was facing th ....