Describe how the Missouri Compromise was able to save the Union.

Though the Missouri Compromise managed to keep the peace—for the moment—it failed to resolve the pressing question of slavery and its place in the nation’s future. Southerners who opposed the Missouri Compromise did so because it set a precedent for Congress to make laws concerning slavery, while Northerners disliked the law because it meant slavery was expanded into new territory

Explanation:

answer; /// the above statement is (false); the smaller states objected to the virginia plan because they would have fewer votes that the larger states;