Which of the following would best explain why the South supported Missouri's admission into the Union as a slave state?
a. The South wanted to use Maine to address the imbalance of free and slave states.
b. The South was by then dwarfed by the North in terms of territory.
c. Missouri was south of the line traditionally dividing slave from free states.
d. It was afraid of a greater majority of northerners in the House of Representatives.
Ans: d. It was afraid of a greater majority of northerners in the House of Representatives.
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