Question

Which of the following was TRUE regarding the Missouri Compromise? A) It was created by South Carolinian John C. Calhoun B) It kept the balance between slave and free states in the Senate C) It prevented the spread of slavery into western territories D) It caused the price of cotton to dramatically increase

Answer 1

c

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Answer 2

Missouri Compromise, measure worked out in 1820 between the North and the South and passed by the U.S. Congress that allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state. It marked the beginning of the prolonged sectional conflict over the extension of slavery that led to the American Civil War.

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