Why did the Missouri Compromise come about in 1820?
1) Northerners feared industry there would create an industrial imbalance decrease the profits they made by trading with the South.
2) Small states argued the unicameral Congress was too powerful and needed a balance by creating the House of Representatives to offset legislative power.
3) Many people worried that allowing territories to become states would bring an imbalance to Congress without some control over the status of the states as free or slave.
4) Andrew Jackson said Henry Clay violated the Constitution in the "corrupt bargain" and that an investigation was necessary.
Ans: 3) Many people worried that allowing territories to become states would bring an imbalance to Congress without some control over the status of the states as free or slave.
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