Missouri Compromise

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

When was the Missouri Compromise reached?

• 1820
• 1850
• 1776
• 1803

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  

• James Monroe
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Clay

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives
• In the Senate
• In the Executive Branch
• In the Judicial Branch

Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

• 36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
• 66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

Which state came in with Missouri to keep the balance between slave and free states in the Senate?

• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Dakota
• Maine

This is the force that was pulling the nation apart after 1820 instead of uniting it?

• Geography
• Sectionalism
• Militarism
• Nationalism