Missouri Compromise Quiz

What was the Missouri Compromise mainly about?

• Creating new trade routes across the West

• Starting new taxes on Southern farms

• Allowing slavery in western territories

• Building new towns along the frontier

Which two states were added through the Missouri Compromise?

• Texas and California joined the country

• Missouri joined as slave state, Maine as free state

• Kentucky and Ohio were added to the Union

• Arkansas and Michigan became free states

What did the 36°30′ line in the Missouri Compromise do?

• Divided the land between North and South

• Marked where slavery could and couldn’t go

• Created new counties across the territory

• Set voting boundaries for new settlers

Why did the North not want Missouri to allow slavery?

• They feared slave rebellions in cities

• They didn’t want the South to gain power

• They hoped to make Missouri a free state

• They wanted to ban farming in the West

How did the Missouri Compromise try to solve the argument?

• By banning slavery in all new territories

• By keeping a balance of free and slave states

• By letting the president choose new states

• By ending slavery in the southern states