"this momentous question [the missouri crisis], like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. i considered it at once as the knell of the union. it is hushed indeed for the moment. but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper."—thomas jefferson in a letter to maine representative john holmes, april 1820from what did the missouri compromise provide a "reprieve"? (1 point)✓ deciding the question of slavery in new territories conflicts with american indians west of the appalachian mountains concerns over separating the united states into two countries drawing a permanent border between the united states and canada