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What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise? A.) To give the South more power in the national Congress. B.) To make Missouri a slave state. C.) To prevent slavery from expanding in other parts of the United States. D.) To maintain a balance of free and slave states.

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  1. 1 July, 19:31
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    The answer is the letter d
  2. 1 July, 19:38
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    the correct answer is D

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    The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to keep a balance between the number of slave states and the number of free states in the Union. It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state at the same time Maine entered as a free state, thus maintaining a balance in numbers of free and slave states.
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