His goal was to preserve the nation.
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<u>The correct answer is A.</u> The secondary objectives of the expedition were scientific and economic such as: study the fauna and flora of the territory, its geography and the possibility of making commercial deals with the indigenous people of the region.
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free
