What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?


a. to allow more slave states to have power

b. to give an equal number of free states and slave states so neither side had more power than the other.

c. to allow more free states to have power

d. to allow Missouri to choose to be a free state or a slave state

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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Answer:

b

Explanation:

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