Asked by Claire Stough on Jul 11, 2024

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Which of the following was a provision of the Missouri Compromise?

A) After Missouri's admission to the Union as a slave state, slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30¢.
B) New nonslaveholding settlers in Missouri would receive a homestead of forty acres of land.
C) The Louisiana Purchase territory was to be open to white settlers only.
D) Free blacks were barred from settling in Missouri.

Missouri Compromise

An act of Congress in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance between slave and free states.

Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803, approximately doubling the size of the U.S. and significantly expanding its territory westward.

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Panashe KongaJul 12, 2024
Final Answer :
A
Explanation :
The provision of the Missouri Compromise was that slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30¢ after Missouri's admission to the Union as a slave state.