Question

The following is an excerpt from the Missouri Compromise. Using the information provided to select all statements that are true.

The Missouri Compromise applied only to the lands located within the Louisiana Purchase territory.

  Slavery was prohibited south of the 36 30 N line of latitude

  Slavery was prohibited north of the 36 20 N line of latitude

  Fugitives who escape slavery could be returned to his or her owner (80 points)

Answer 1

The only correct answer is the first one. The Missouri compromise applied only to land that had been part of the Louisiana purchase. Sen. Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois included a compromise proviso or bargain stipulation, barring involuntary servitude from every single outstanding area of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36° 30' parallel. Sentence 2 and 3 is false while the last sentence talks about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.