The Missouri Crisis of 1819 was primarily sparked by which of the following events?
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Correct answer: Missouri's application for admission to the Union as a slave state
Missouri's request for statehood threatened to upset the delicate balance of 11 free and 11 slave states in the U.S. Senate. This led to the first major national debate over the expansion of slavery into the Louisiana Purchase territory.
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