What kept the Missouri Compromise from being a permanent solution?

The Missouri Compromise temporarily balanced the number of free and slave states, but it did not resolve the underlying conflict over slavery’s expansion. The debate showed deep disagreement between the North and the South, so similar disputes could arise again as new territories sought statehood. That is why choice A is correct; the compromise did not prove that cooperation or a balance of power was impossible.

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