Question

On the map above, what does the red line represent?
The separation of Confederate states from the Union states
The line of the Missouri Compromise, which divided the free and slave states
The division of states that were original colonies from those gained through foreign purchases
The line of the Kansas-Nebraska Act dividing slave and free states from popular sovereignty states

Answer 1

Set a line at 36 degrees 30 minutes

-Any states admitted to the Union above this line would be a free state

-Any states admitted to the Union below this line would be a slave state

-Made Maine a free state

-Missouri a slave state

-Due to discrepancies over whether Missouri would be a free or slave state

-Tried to create balance