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The Government granted more than 270 million acres of land while the law ... primary sources with an eye for cause-and-effect relationships.
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Answer: The southern states' representatives in Congress were in no hurry to permit a Nebraska territory because the land lay north of the 36°30' parallel — where slavery had been outlawed by the Missouri Compromise of 1820.