Question

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 attempt to solve the debates and problems of slavery in the new states as our country began to expand more to the west?​

Answer 1

In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.

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