Question

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The Missouri Compromise provided for the admission of Maine as a free state in 1820, along with Missouri as a slave state in 1821. Why was this compromise needed to admit these
states?
1. To give slave and political advantage

2.to give free states a political advantage

3.to make sure Florida entered the union as a free state.

4. To help maintain an Even balance of power between free and slave states

Answer 1

4. To help maintain an Even balance of power between free and slave states

Step-by-step explanation:

If the North got more free states than the south's slave states, then many in the south felt that slavery would be outlawed, and that the north sought to take their slaves, and ruin the souths economy. It was a very delicate balance because if either side got can edge on the other, conflict would ensue.