Question

The Missouri Compromise of 1819

Answer 1

Answer:

B. maintained the nation's equal number of slave and free states.

Explanation:

Missouri Comprise of 1920 was a law passed by the Congress of the United States in which Maine was admitted as a frees state into the Union and Missouri as a slave state. The issue of slavery has divided the northern and the southern states and admission of a new state attracted both the abolitionist and pro-slavery sides to exert greater influence by increasing their domain. The comprise therefore was a meantime framework to avoid direct conflict but it not settled and exploded in the form of Civil war.