Question

what were the three parts of the missouri compromise? why was it important for both the north and south to have the balance of states equal at 12?

Answer 1

Three parts are:

1) maintained congressional balance in the Senate

2) allowed for certain new territories to be slave states

3) allowed certain new territories to be non-slavery states.

It is important because the Compromise appealed in some measure to both the Southerners and Northerners.

Step-by-step explanation:

I remember learned this in last year AP History