Which of the following statements reflect Jefferson's views on the Compromise and the slavery issue? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Jefferson opposed the Missouri Compromise’s restriction on slavery’s expansion and feared the slavery controversy could threaten the Union. He described the dispute as a “fire bell in the night” and warned that the conflict would return and grow more divisive. He thought drawing a geographic line between slave and free states would deepen sectional divisions, not solve the problem, so D does not reflect his view.

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