Question

According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery would be legal in which of the following places?(1 point)
Responses

Arkansas
Arkansas

Montana
Montana

Illinois
Illinois

Iowa

Answer 1

According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery would be legal in Arkansas. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and established that slavery would be permitted in certain territories south of the 36°30′ parallel, which includes present-day Arkansas. In contrast, Illinois and Iowa, which are north of that line, were free states. Montana was not established as a state until much later.