Question

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?

A.
It maintained the balance between slave and free states.







B.
It gave slave states more power in the Senate.







C.
It allowed slavery in most of the Louisiana Purchase territory.







D.
It gave the North more votes in the Senate.

Answer 1

A

Explanation:

Missouri was originally a state of free men and women. When 1820 hit, The balance of slavery and free states was formed. Also, the north states were free states and south states were slavery states. Missouri was a south state, so slavery was allowed there. And by the laws It maintained the balance between slave and free states. Because Missouri was a south state.

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Answer 2

the answer is A, Missouri became a slave state