Question

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?

A. It took lands from Mexico in the Southwest.

B. It made slavery illegal in new states north of the 36th parallel.

C. It abolished slavery in Mexico.

D. It annexed Texas as part of the United States.

Answer 1

i believe its b. it admitted missouri as a slave stare and maine as a free state and in return slavery was banned in the territory bought in the louisiana purchase with missouri being the exception.