Question

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation: After great discussion and debate Congress agreed to theMissouri Compromise of 1820. Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state, and Maine joined the Union as a free state. Admitting these two states allowed the number of free states and slaves states to be equal.

Answer 2

Answer: It kept the balance of power in the Senate equal between the slave states and free states.

Further detail:

The Missouri Compromise (1820) admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state with Maine being added at the same time to keep the balance of slave and free states equal. It also prohibited any future slave states north of the latitude line 36 1/2 degrees north of the equator in territories of the Louisiana Purchase, with the exception of Missouri (north of that line) being admitted as a slave state.