What was the Missouri compromise of 1820?
What will be an ideal response?
The senate voted to admit Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state (Missouri was the only states above the "line", it was an exception). This solution to the controversy kept the balance in the senate, but proposed a debate over the future of slavery.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. Lord North b. John Trenchard c. Horatio Nelson d. King George II e. William Pitt