What is a reason that the Missouri compromise did not have lasting effects
It only apply to the land of the Louisiana purchase
It only apply to the lands of the Mexican cession
It relied on popular sovereignty
It limited The number of states that could be admitted per year
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It relied on the balance of free and slave states, which eventually was disrupted by the growth of the abolitionist movement and the shift in national attitudes towards slavery. This eventually led to the nullification of the Missouri Compromise with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.