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Feature
A map of the results of the Missouri Compromise.

A map shows the free states and territories and the slave states and territories as of the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise line is at 36°30' North.

Free states and territories include the following:

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
the Michigan Territory, which includes modern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
the Unorganized Territory north of Missouri and the Missouri Compromise line, which includes modern Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, and the Dakotas.

Slave states and territories include the following:

Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
the Florida Territory, which is modern Florida
the Arkansas Territory, which includes modern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.

Question
Use the map to answer the question.
Based on the map, why might some Southerners feel the Missouri Compromise favored the North?
(1 point)
Responses

There was foreign threat south of the line.
There was foreign threat south of the line.
There was less farm land south of the line.
There was less farm land south of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
There was more territory north of the line.
There was more fresh water north of the line.

1 answer

There was more territory north of the line.
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