Missouri Compromise

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Florida
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slave states and territories
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Use the map to answer the question.
Based on the map, why might some Southerners feel the Missouri Compromise favored the North?
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• There was foreign threat south of the line.
• There was less farm land south of the line.
O There was more territory north of the line.
• There was more fresh water north of the line.

Based on the map, some Southerners might feel the Missouri Compromise favored the North because there was more territory north of the line. This meant that there were potentially more opportunities for new free states to be admitted to the Union in the future, which could shift the balance of power in Congress towards the North.