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.

Question

a. Trail of Tears
b. Missouri Compromise
c. Maine Compromise
d. Monroe Doctrine

Answer 1

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'.