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Question 4 • DCSS US History CR 24-25

Why was Missouri joining the union controversial?

Answer

A

Missouri wanted to be a free state, so the South did not want to admit it to the union.

B

Missouri would upset the balance between the equal number of slave states and free states.

C

Missouri would be too much of a drain on the national economy, so both the North and South opposed statehood.

D

Missouri would cause there to be twice as many slave states as free states, so free states opposed statehood.

Explanation

Missouri’s admission raised a dispute over the balance of power in Congress between free states and slave states. If Missouri entered as a slave state, it would upset the existing equal number of each, which made its statehood controversial. The correct choice is B: Missouri would upset the balance between the equal number of slave states and free states.

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