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What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise in 1820

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to end an argument about slavery in the new US territories. It was an attempt to keep a balance of slave states and free states and admitting new western states without having a war.

How did a group of young politicians known as the war Hawks want to restore national honor

by leading an invasion of British-held Canada

How did the marshall court interpret the constitution in its rulings

it gave the federal government more power over the states

Which of the following drew a line north of which any new states would be free states and south of which any states would be slave states

Your question incomplete.

The answer is the Missouri Compromise. It did not actually decree that states to the South of the line would be slave-states. But slavery would be legal there.

The Missouri compromise revealed a growing split between what two groups-

Northern and southern states

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