Expansion and Compromise Answers

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Which of these statements describes America at the time Missouri sought to become a state?

There were more free states than slave states.

The balance between free and slave states was equal.

There were more slave states than free states.

The balance between free and slave states was not a concern.

Why was the 36'30" line of latitude significant?

Slavery was legal in the Louisiana Territory north of that line.

Slavery was prohibited north of that line, anywhere in the US.

Slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Territory north of that line.

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