Politics and Regional Interests

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

Missouri Compromise of 1820 36°30' line MO ME Free Slave

Which feature of the Missouri Compromise is depicted by the dashed red line?

  • A

    The Mason-Dixon line separating North and South

  • B

    The boundary above which slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Territory (except Missouri)

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  • C

    The Indian removal boundary set by Andrew Jackson

  • D

    The northern boundary of the United States

Explanation

The 36°30' parallel was drawn through the Louisiana Territory; slavery was banned north of it (except in Missouri itself), preserving the sectional balance until repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.

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