The argument over whether slavery should be legal in the united states become heated when, in 1817, missouri applied to become a state. at the time, there where an equal number of states that did not support slavery as there were states that did not support slavery as there were states that did. Slavery was legal in Missouri, so if it joined the union, there would no longer be a balance the Missouri compromise was reached, which stated that maine would be accepted as a free state, and Missouti would be a slave state. from then on, slavery was banned from the territories north of Missouri's border. The compromise seemed to settle the issue. However, the conflict between the North and the South over slavery continied to worsen.
which detail best support the main idea?
a. the conflict between the Noeth and the South over slavery worsened.
b. Missouri wanted to become a stated.
c. slavery was legal in missouri.
d. Slavery was banned from the territories when Missouri applied to become a state