What are key facts about the Missouri Compromise? Choose three correct answers.

The Missouri Compromise was proposed in 1820 to settle disputes over slavery in new states. Maine entered the Union as a free state, while Missouri entered as a slave state, keeping the balance between free and slave states equal. Therefore, Missouri was not granted statehood as a free state, and the compromise did not let states east of Missouri vote on slavery.

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