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Why did the the United States need to compromise" in adding states to the Union?

Adding new states to the union threatened to give free states or slave states an
advantage in the Senate.
Adding new states to the union threatened to give free states or slave states an
advantage in the Supreme Court.
States needed to compromise over who would be president in the 1860 election with
no clear winner.
States needed to compromise over the Emancipation Proclamation to make sure
everyone followed it.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

A. Adding new states to the union threatened to give free states or slave states an

advantage in the Senate.

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