D because I’ve had this question in my class
That would depend on YOUR opion!
I honestly would have believed him, but I still would have had my doubts.
The northern lawmakers needed the state to join the union instead of the confederacy, because if they joined the confederacy, the Union would be weaker. They got the Missouri on their side by allowing it to hold slaves (but that could easily be overturned, so getting the state was more of a priority than having slavery or not)
hope this helps
The "poll tax" was an example of a voting requirement that was used to prevent African Americans from voting, since blacks were disproportionately poorer than whites during this time.
