Responses
Southern states did not want Northern states to have more representatives in Congress.
Southern states did not want Northern states to have more representatives in Congress.
Southern states did not feel that Maine was supportive of free trade in the United States.
Southern states did not feel that Maine was supportive of free trade in the United States.
Southern states did not support the Missouri Compromise.
Southern states did not support the Missouri Compromise.
Southern states would have to end slavery if Maine was accepted.
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The best explanation for why Southern states did not support Maine’s application for statehood is:
Southern states did not want Northern states to have more representatives in Congress.
This response highlights the political implications of adding Maine as a free state, which would potentially shift the balance of power in Congress favoring the Northern, anti-slavery states over the Southern, slaveholding states.
