The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between pro-slavery and pro-abolitionist groups in the United States, primarily involving the regulation of slave labor in the western territories.
While the warmer southern states had their economy heavily focused on agriculture and therefore with large numbers of slave labor, the Northerners had a more trade-based industry and non-slave-based education that, with time, was accelerating the differences of interests between both regions, and the commitment came to consecrate the division, prohibiting slavery above the 36º30' North parallel.
It seems that you have missed the given options for this question, but anyway here is the answer. The statement about the Missouri Compromise 1820 that is most accurate would be this: <span>By admitting both a slave state and a free state, the nation's legislature hoped to keep a balance of power. Hope this answer helps. </span>
The answer to this should be: A sizable middle class has developed.
With a middle class they can create a better governance; The Middle Class has a strong interest in promoting foresighted policies and making government work well because their economic fate is more closely tied to the quality of government than that of the wealthy.
