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What was a cause for the Missouri Compromise?

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a. Fertile land led to settlement by slaveholders.

b. The need to ensure Southern states outnumbered Free states.

c. The movement of Irish into the region.

d. The discovery of rich gold deposits.

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B. The need to ensure southern states outnumbered free states
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Step-by-step explanation:

The southern outnumbered free states

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