The Missouri Compromise of 1819
A. extended slavery throughout the Louisiana Territory.
B. created a northern boundary of slavery at the 42°40? parallel.
C. maintained the nation's equal number of slave and free states.
D. denied statehood for Missouri for two more years.
E. was roundly criticized by nationalists in the North.
Answer: C
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