Which of the following was NOT a problem with Missouri’s application for statehood in 1820?


A. Northerners believed that admitting Missouri as a slave state would shift power in the Senate to the Slave states
B. If Missouri were admitted to the Union, any other state could only be admitted as a Slave state
C. Missouri was partly above the Mason-Dixon Line, which put the undeclared boundary between the North and South in jeopardy
D. There would no longer be equal numbers of Slave and Free states