How would the formation of states in the michigan, arkansas, and florida territories probably affect the balance that the missouri compromise tried to maintain?

 The Missouri Compromise made it a requirement that one free state be entered for every slave state.  So it was crucial to enter in pairs to keep a balance.

Explanation:  Both Arkansas and Florida were territories who wished to enter the Union but needed to enter with a free state to maintain balance mandated by the Missouri Compromise.  Arkansas entered with Michigan, had they not "paired" with Michigan then Florida could have and Arkansas would have had to wait for another free state to pair with before entry.

your answer would be (a)

answer: i looked it up

explanation: in 1955 in montgomery, alabama, a girl refused to give up her seat on a public bus. the girl was black, and the passenger looking to take her seat was white. this is a familiar tale, but it's not about rosa parks. the girl in the story is a 15-year-old high school student named claudette colvin, and this act of defiance occurred nine months before rosa parks did the same thing. colvin was arrested, and her case is what led to the u.s. supreme court's order for the desegregation of alabama's bus system. so, why don't we know colvin's name? "later i had a child born out of wedlock; i became pregnant when i was 16," colvin says. "and i didn't fit the image either, of, you know, someone they would want to show off.