The Missouri Compromise (1820)
- A
Was a federal revenue measure that adjusted tariffs on imported manufactured goods
- B
Created the Confederate States of America as a separate slaveholding republic
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Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, prohibiting slavery north of the 36°30' line in the Louisiana Territory
- D
Abolished slavery throughout the Louisiana Territory and the existing slave states
Explanation
Maintained sectional balance temporarily; Jefferson called it "a fire bell in the night."