How did the missouri compromise attempt to settle the issue of slavery? it decided that the use of enslaved labor would not be allowed in missouri. it declared that slavery would be forbidden in all northern states. it allowed the people in the new territories to decide the issue of slavery. it divided the land into areas where slavery would and would not be allowed.

The answer is letter D. The Missouri Compromise had separated the states that allow and do not allow slavery in their state. However, the Missouri Compromise had cause a bigger commotion to the Pro-Slavery and Anti-Slavery groups in the US

 It divided the land into areas where slavery would and would not be allowed.

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The Missouri Compromise (1820) admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state with Maine being added as a free state at the same time, to keep the balance of slave and free states equal.  It also prohibited any future slave states north of the latitude line 36 1/2 degrees north of the equator in territories of the Louisiana Purchase, with the exception of Missouri (north of that line) being admitted as a slave state.  

i would say your answer is a)

sorry if im wrong