Missouri Compromise True or False

1. In Section 6, the compromise specifies "That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, which shall be designated by the President of the United States, together with the other lands heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning." (6.8) Why was the President of the United States chosen for this job? -> Congress didn't want the job.
2. In section 8 when the Compromise addresses the issue of slavery and the new border, why is it specified to pertain to "all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude?" (8.2) -> The border followed almost exactly the extended Mason-Dixon Line, the informal boundary between North and South.
3. Why does the Compromise specify "That until the next general census shall be taken, the said state shall be entitled to one representative in the House of Representatives of the United States"(5.1)? -> Because Congress was sick of hearing about Missouri and this seemed like the easiest thing to do.
4. In line 4.1, what is meant by "That the same, whenever formed, shall be republican, and not repugnant to the constitution of the United States?" -> That the Missouri constitution could not conflict in any extreme way with the U.S. Constitution.
5. When discussing the location of the state capitol, why does the Compromise specify "That such locations shall be made prior to the public sale of the lands of the United States surrounding such location" (6.7)? -> To prevent Missouri from selling land and then just reclaiming it as the state capitol.

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