1. What did the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 say about the spread of slavery in the United States?

2. What was President Andrew Jackson authorized to do in 1830 according to the Indian Removal Act?

1. The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. It maintained the balance of slavery and antislavery states.

2. Authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.