The Northeast was the region most opposed to the statehood of Missouri as a slave state due to:

a) upsetting the balance of power in the Senate.

b) upsetting the Southern economic system with a land-locked state.

c) moral beliefs by the majority of the population against slavery.

d) the business growth of the Northeast was slowing.

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Shyla Welch

25 July, 15:01

The Northeast was the region most opposed to the statehood of Missouri as a slave state due to:

a) upsetting the balance of power in the Senate.

b) upsetting the Southern economic system with a land-locked state.

c) moral beliefs by the majority of the population against slavery.

d) the business growth of the Northeast was slowing.

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Scarlett Harris · Answer 1

A, Because the government had an equal amount of free/slave states which by adding Missouri as a slave state added Maine into the US as a free state to bring balance