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Lincoln — Cumulative exam

Question 17 • LCS-Teacher Remediation-M/J United States History_Q3

As a result of the Missouri Compromise,

Answer
A
Maine entered the Union as a slave state and Missouri entered as a free state.
B
Maine entered the Union as a free state and Missouri entered as a slave state.
C
Both Maine and Missouri entered the Union as slave states.
D
Both Maine and Missouri entered the Union as free states.

Explanation

The Missouri Compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. This balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union at the time, so the correct choice is “Maine entered the Union as a free state and Missouri entered as a slave state.”

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