Which of the following was an attempt to maintain an equal balance between free states and slave states?
A. The Missouri Compromise
B. The Treaty of Ghent
C. The Alien and Sedition Acts
D. The Homestead Act
Answer (3)
The answer is the Missouri Compromise. The reason for the Missouri Compromise was to settle strains amongst hostile to and star bondage states. At the time, there were an equivalent measure of free and bondage states. Missouri was requesting of for statehood as a slave state, which would have disturbed that adjust.
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The correct answer is A. The Missouri Compromise, an agreement made in 1820, aimed to maintain a balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also established the 36°30′ line to delineate future states' slavery status, a temporary solution that highlighted growing tensions over slavery.
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