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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.

Answer 1

There was more territory north of the line.

Answer 2

There was less farm land south of the line.

Answer 3

That is also a correct answer! The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel, which meant that Southerners felt that they were losing valuable agricultural land for slave labor.