Why do you think Missouri's statehood created a crisis?

Missouri applied for statehood on December 18, 1818. This created a problem because the Northern states refused to allow another slave state to join the Union. ... Then a compromise developed: Maine could join as a free state to balance out Missouri joining as a slave state. By 1820, the compromise had been realized.

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the answer is c.

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i would say that the politicial parties from state to state varies.