Question

Henry Clay's proposal that Maine enter the Union as a free state and Missouri enter as a slave state was called _________.

• A. The Maine Compromise
• B. The Missouri Compromise
• C. The Clay Compromise
• D. Clay's Folly
• E. The Know-Nothing Agreement

Answer 1

The correct option is B The Missouri Compromise

Henry Clay's proposal that Maine enter the Union as a free state and Missouri enter as a slave state was called Missouri Compromise. It was an act of Congress by which Missouri was admitted as a slave, Maine as a free state and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana except for Missouri.