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The Missouri Compromise was meant to lay down the boundary for the new states. Anywhere North of that parallel was free soil. South of it could be slave-states.

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Q: True or false The Missouri Compromise forbid the expansion of slavery west of the Mississippi?
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The Missouri Compromise forbid the expansion of slavery west of the Mississippi?

True


The forced Congress to decide if slavery would be allowed in regions west of the Mississippi.?

Missouri compromise


What did The Missouri Compromise halt the northern expansion of?

Slavery. It established a parallel, North of which slavery was illegal.


What temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery?

Missouri Compromise


Why did southern whits feel threatened by the Missouri compromise?

Southern plantation owners feared the Missouri Compromise would limit the expansion of slavery, and eventually the institution of slavery itself.


What did the Missouri Compromise the Compromise of 1850 and Bleeding Kansas have in common?

They all Dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western lands


What was the underlying issue the Missouri Compromise was intend to address?

The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.


What ligislation temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery?

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery. It allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel in the Louisiana Territory.


Forced congress to decide if slavery would be allowed in regions west of the mississippi?

missouri compromise


The Missouri Compromise dealt with what?

The Missouri Compromise dealt with the expansion of slavery into the western territory (previously known as the Louisiana Territory).


How did the Missouri Compromise temporarily prevent sectionalism over the westward expansion of slavery?

it didnt it made it worse


What states was slavery legal in after the Missouri Compromise?

After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, slavery was legal in states that were south of the compromise line (36°30’ parallel), such as Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. This line permitted slavery in states below it while prohibiting it in states above it.