What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?
A. To extend the domestic slave trade to the Pacific coast
B. To decide how many new states would be created from the
Louisiana Territory
O
C. To raise money to pay for the Lewis and Clark expedition
O
D. To solve a political conflict between slave states and free states

D. To solve a political conflict between slave states and free states.

Explanation:

The Missouri Compromise was a legal and political compromise between slavery supporters and anti-slavery supporters in 1820. The Compromise was an act of Congress. Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slavery state, and Maine as a slavery-free state. It also stated that slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase Territory north of latitute 36º30´N.