Question 9 The Missouri Compromise successfully addressed the crisis over balance between northern and
southern states, however
A. it highlighted the nation's sectional divide and demonstrated the explosiveness of the slavery debate.
B. abolitionist groups gained widespread popular support among those who were disappointed at the
concessions it gave to slave states.
C. within five years the Supreme Court struck it down as unconstitutional because it infringed on the state
right to regulate intrastate trade.
D. it failed to create a long-term plan for admission of new slave and free states to the union.