A. It allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.
Explanation:
In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
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Get more into real life situations. For example something that will make this decade more interested. Instead of something for 1875 that everyone will get bored of.