Question

What did the Missouri compromise propose?

Southern slaves states would have fewer senators than northern free states.

Missouri would be divided into two states, one a slave state and one a free state.

Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Missouri would hold the popular election decide whether slavery would be allowed.

Answer 1

Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Answer 2

Answer: Missouri would be admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

There was great tension and pressure in the mid-1800s to keep the balance of free and slave states equal. But eventually comprises stopped working and the Civil War was fought.