How did the Missouri Compromise seem to indicate a commitment to having a majority of free states rather than slave states?
a. Many states were expected to enter the Union from the territory north of Missouri’s southern border, which the Compromise declared free.
b. The Missouri Compromise made slavery illegal in all but the original 13 states, most of which were already free.
c. The Missouri Compromise outlined a plan for gradual emancipation staggered throughout the existing states.
d. The Missouri Compromise promised a Constitutional amendment making slavery illegal within fifty years.
e. The Southern states agreed to admit no more slave states.
ANS: A
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