"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