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What document had been used to determine

free and slave states in the West?

A. The Missouri Compromise
B. The Emancipation Proclamation

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Answer:

A. The Missouri Compromise

Step-by-step explanation:

The Missouri Compromise was a United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

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