As a result of the Missouri Compromise, Maine was admitted into the Union as a slave state and Missouri was admitted as a free state. Question 2 options: True False

false

Explanation:

In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U. S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.

False

Explanation:

As a result of the Missouri Compromise, passed in 1820, Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slave state, while Maine was admitted as a free state. The purpose of the Compromise was to maintain the balance between the number of slave and free states in the Union.

Besides that, this law officially forbid slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30' parallel, which served as the southern boundary of Missouri. Everything north of the line would be free soil, except for Missouri. The Compromise was repealed in 1854 and declared unconstitutional three years later, as the Supreme Court decided that Congress had no right to prohibit slavery in the named territories.