Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise was created to address the issue of (a)   in new states.

What did the Missouri Compromise set as the dividing line for slavery in the Louisiana Territory?

• 45° latitude

• 36°30′ latitude

• 40° latitude

• The Mississippi River

Which law eventually overturned the Missouri Compromise?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to (a)   .

The line of latitude used to divide free and slave territories in the Louisiana Territory was (a)   .

(a)   was admitted as a slave state under the Missouri Compromise.

The issue that caused the creation of the Missouri Compromise was (a)  

The Missouri Compromise affected enslaved people by (a)   .

The long-term impact of the Missouri Compromise was (a)  

What year was the Missouri Compromise passed?

• 1815

• 1820

• 1830

• 1850