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   ocr: Why vas the Compromise of 185U important? It determined that ne states north of the compromise line vould be free states, and nev states to the south vould be slave states. California joined as a free state, thus increasing northern Senate votes and shifting the balance of pover tovard the North. By alloving Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state, it achieved a balance of pover.