What was the purpose of compromise in the early 1800s? a. The Democrats were in power and felt they should compromise with the Whigs by outlawing slavery.

b. The compromise was meant to show that the United States was a democracy despite tensions between North and South.

c. The compromise was meant to maintain a balance of free and slave states when new territories were added.

d. Civil war was known to be inevitable in 1820, so the North and South began a series of compromises to postpone it.