Question

1. How did the Missouri Compromise allow the United States to continue its expansion west? A. It provided a plan for removing native Americans to land set aside as reservations. B. It created a series of road and canals to ease the travel of settlers to western territories. C. It avoided conflict between the north and the south by maintaining a balance in free and slave states. D. It made western land cheap for white settlers wanting to relocate.

Answer 1

C. It avoided conflict between the north and the south by maintaining a balance in free and slave states.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Missouri compromise was an agreement between the northern and southern states about which new western territories could be admitted into the Union as slave states.