Question

how did the missouri compromise attempt to ease tensions between the north and the south?
○ by requiring that new states admitted to the nation limit the total number of slaves allowed
○ by establishing that new slave states could only be formed south of a specified boundary
○ by ending the expansion of slavery into new territories until the territory became a state
○ by requiring new states to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty

Explanation:

The Missouri Compromise (1820) set a geographic boundary (36°30' parallel) to balance free and slave states. It allowed Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and restricted new slave states to lands south of this line, which aimed to ease sectional tensions over slavery expansion.

Answer:

by establishing that new slave states could only be formed south of a specified boundary