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What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
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to allow new states to decide whether they would ban enslavement
to allow new states to decide whether they would ban enslavement
to encourage the North and the South to have separate economies
to encourage the North and the South to have separate economies
to maintain an equal number of senators from the North and the South
to maintain an equal number of senators from the North and the South
to set rules for immigration into the United States
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
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to allow new states to decide whether they would ban enslavement
to allow new states to decide whether they would ban enslavement
to encourage the North and the South to have separate economies
to encourage the North and the South to have separate economies
to maintain an equal number of senators from the North and the South
to maintain an equal number of senators from the North and the South
to set rules for immigration into the United States
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The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was **to maintain an equal number of senators from the North and the South**. Specifically, it aimed to balance the interests of slave and free states as new states were being admitted to the Union, thereby helping to manage tensions between the North and the South over the issue of slavery.
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