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Legislation that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30', exposed the growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery.
a. Trail of Tears
b. Missouri Compromise
c. Maine Compromise
d. Monroe Doctrine
a. Trail of Tears
b. Missouri Compromise
c. Maine Compromise
d. Monroe Doctrine
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The correct answer is **b. Missouri Compromise**. This legislation was enacted in 1820 and allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state, and it also established a line that prohibited slavery north of latitude 36° 30'.