How did Congress attempt to maintain a balance of power between Northern and Southern states in the mid-1800s?

they would lose equality in the Senate. The North refused to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. ... It created a dividing line between free and slave states.

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Congress attempted to maintain a balance of power between Northern and Southern states in the mid-1800s  by keeping the number of free and slave states equal

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