In addition to bringing in Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state the Missouri Compromise also _______.

Allowed all future states to decide for themselves if they would allow slavery or not.

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Lowered tariffs to appeal to the South.

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Left future decisions on state admission to the President.

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Repealed the Three-Fifths Compromise.

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Drew a line from the southern boundary of Missouri and said no states created out of the Louisiana Purchase Territory north of that line would be allowed to have slavery.

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The correct option is A Allowed all future states to decide for themselves if they would allow slavery or not.

The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. In addition to bringing in Maine as free state and Missouri as a slave state the Missouri Compromise also allowed all future states to decide for themselves if they would allow slavery or not.

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