Why did southern whites feel threatened by the Missouri Compromise?

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MoonStom · Answer 1 · 2016-02-08T11:39:39+0000

The main reason why southern whites felt threatened by the Missouri Compromise is because it divided the United States into "free" and "slave" states, which threatened to end the institution of slavery in the South.

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