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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Kansas and Nebraska

Question 1 • LPS US History I (CR) - MP2

What did the terms of the Missouri Compromise impose on the lands of the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer
A
They would all be slave states.
B
They would all be free states.
C
Only states south of 36° 30’ N would permit slavery.
D
The people would decide through popular sovereignty.

Explanation

The Missouri Compromise drew a line at 36° 30′ north latitude across the Louisiana Purchase lands. Slavery was prohibited in most territories north of that line, while it could be permitted south of it. Therefore, choice C is correct; the compromise did not make all the lands either free or slave.

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