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Why did southern whites feel threatened by the Missouri Compromise?
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Why did southern whites feel threatened by the Missouri Compromise?

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They believed the federal government was planning on abolishing slavery.

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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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