Question

How did the missouri compromise deal with the issue of slavery?

a.it required all territories to abolish slavery before becoming states.
b.it made the mississippi river the divding line between slave states and free states.
c.it prohibited slavery in most of the former louisiana territory except for missouri.
d.it stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for missouri?

Answer 1

c.it prohibited slavery in most of the former louisiana territory except for missouri.

Answer 2

Option: C. It prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana territory except for Missouri.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 deal with the issue of slavery in America. The compromise declared Missouri as a slave state and Maine State. The Missouri Compromise established to maintain the stability of power in the Senate by balancing the powers in the South and the northern states. Missouri Compromise became the first compromise in America between the states opposing slavery and those favoring slavery.