Missouri Compromise admitted the zone of Maine, the northern locale of what was then Massachusetts, into the Union as a Free State.
This was done to adjust the quantity of "slave states" and "free states." This happened because of a compromise about slavery in Missouri, and in the federal regions of the American west.
The battle stopped the Germans from advancing further east.
I think it's D but it might be C
B. Back then it was a fast way to get from one part of the country to the other.