The Main Issue That Led to the "Missouri Compromise" Was

question 10

Multiple Choice

The main issue that led to the "Missouri Compromise" was

• A) the balance between slave states and free states.
• B) how to quietly end the embargo that was destroying the New England economy.
• C) the need to maintain a balance between agricultural states and industrial states.
• D) the lack of a provision in the Constitution for admission of new states into the Union.
• E) federal aid to Mississippi River steamboats.

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End Justifies

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Means

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