When missouri entered the union as a state, its admission threatened to cause conflict because

a. the new state constitution was to offer cheap land that would threaten the extension of plantation culture.

b. the new state government promised to allow its citizens the right to decide on the future of slavery.

c. a good portion of the state was arguably part of mexico and admission could lead to war.

d. it would have thrown off the balance of free states and slave states in the senate. previous next