Question
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?
It annexed Texas as part of the United States.
It took lands from Mexico in the Southwest.
It made slavery illegal in new states North of the 36th parallel.
It abolished slavery in Mexico.
It annexed Texas as part of the United States.
It took lands from Mexico in the Southwest.
It made slavery illegal in new states North of the 36th parallel.
It abolished slavery in Mexico.
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 primarily established a line that determined the legality of slavery in the western territories of the United States. Specifically, it made slavery illegal in new states north of the 36°30′ parallel (with the exception of Missouri). Therefore, the correct statement regarding the Missouri Compromise is:
**It made slavery illegal in new states north of the 36th parallel.**
**It made slavery illegal in new states north of the 36th parallel.**