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title: "Why did southern whites feel threatened by the Missouri Compromise?"  
description: "Why did southern whites feel threatened by the Missouri Compromise?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42559/why-did-southern-whites-feel-threatened-by-the-missouri-compromise  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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

Why did southern whites feel [threatened](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111211/why-vladimir-putin-threatened-nato-for-world-war-iii) by the [Missouri Compromise](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41053/explain-why-the-missouri-compromise-line-did-not-provide-a-solution-to-the-problem-of-california-s-statehood)?\
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