3. What did the Missouri Compromise authorize the people of the Missouri territory to do?

A. vote on becoming a state

B. form a state government

C. vote on allowing slavery

D. decide the size of their state

The answer should be C

C

Explanation:

In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.