Question

What were provisions of the Missouri Compromise in addition to admitting Missouri as a slave state?

Answer 1

B Maine was admitted as a free state and slavery was prohibited North of latitude 36°30

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Maine was admitted as a free state and slavery was prohibited north of latitude 36o30’.

The provisions of the Missouri Compromise in addition to admitting Missouri as a slave state were that Maine was admitted as a free state and slavery was prohibited north of latitude 36o30’.

By the 1820s, the United States had several differences regarding slavery and abolition that made most Americans be polarized. Northerners supported abolitionism and Southerners supported slavery. The distribution of power in the US Congress was also a major issue that generated a lot of problems between the states.

The Missouri Compromise was the best answer Congress had at that moment to maintain the relative stability in the country. Under the Missouri Compromise, Congress approved legislation to admit Missouri as a slave state but admitted Main as a free state, and prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36o30’.