Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
The political agreement to maintain an equal number of free and slave states to ensure equal representation in the US Senate.
Sectional balance appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Background to the Civil War.
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