saymaa681 saymaa681 22-11-2022 Social Studies contestada Louisiana Purchase - the US was expanding in size. Missouri was in the Louisiana territory and wanted to be a slave state Cotton trade - the south wanted to expand cotton by making another slave state Manifest Destiny - the US was expanding west by gaining more land; What would that mean for the expansion of slavery? Representation Balance in Congress - by 1820 there were 11 free states in the North and 11 slave states in the South Maine & Missouri Statehood - both wanted to be added as states to the US plsss tell me the "effect" about those