Question

What is a reason that the Missouri compromise did not have lasting effects

It only apply to the land of the Louisiana purchase

It only apply to the lands of the Mexican cession

It relied on popular sovereignty

It limited The number of states that could be admitted per year

Answer 1

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It relied on the balance of free and slave states, which eventually was disrupted by the growth of the abolitionist movement and the shift in national attitudes towards slavery. This eventually led to the nullification of the Missouri Compromise with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.