What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?

The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, preserving the balance between free and slave states in the Senate. It also established the 36°30′ line, north of which slavery was generally prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory, except in Missouri. Therefore, the best answer is D, that it created a dividing line between free and slave states.

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