Question

Question 1(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

Answer 1

The Compromise of 1850 reflected in the map as It ensured that the number of free and slave states was equal.

Option: C.

Explanation:

Reynolds W.C. along with Jones J.C. sketched a U.S. map to display the area of the slave and free states. That map also included the territory which was open to freedom or slavery after repealing the Missouri Compromise.

Missouri Compromise was signed to retain a balance among the number of free states and slave states in the Union. Thus it admitted Missouri to join as the slave state, meantime Maine joined as the free state. Hence by preserving the equivalence between numbers of slave and free states.