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Expansion and Compromise — Quiz

Question 4 • US History

The provisions of the Missouri Compromise stated in part that

Answer
A
slavery was permitted in all of the Louisiana Territory.
B
Missouri would be admitted into the Union as a slave state.
C
Maine would be admitted into the Union as a slave state.
D
slave owners could not pursue runaways into free states.

Explanation

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, keeping the balance between free and slave states in the Senate. It also prohibited slavery in much of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30′. Therefore, the correct choice is “Missouri would be admitted into the Union as a slave state.”

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