In the mid-nineteenth century, a majority in the House of Representatives initially refused to accept Missouri as a state because it ______.

A. forbade Negroes and mulattoes from settling in the state

B. legalized interracial relationships between blacks and whites

C. provided special privileges to conjurers

D. gave special rights to Negroes and mulattoes

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