How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery?

A) It required all territories to abolish slavery before becoming states.

B) It made the Mississippi River the dividing line between slave states and free states.

C) It prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana Territory except for Missouri.

D) It stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for Missouri.

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Athena Reynolds

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2 October, 03:54

How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery?

A) It required all territories to abolish slavery before becoming states.

B) It made the Mississippi River the dividing line between slave states and free states.

C) It prohibited slavery in most of the former Louisiana Territory except for Missouri.

D) It stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for Missouri.

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Stephen Evans · Answer 1

The answer is C. The dividing line wa the 30,36 parlell which included a majority of the louisanna territory. In order for the bill to pass and to keep that land free they compromised to allow missouri to be a slave state.