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Maine entered the US as a free state. The state was carved out of territory ceded from Massachusetts. This was part of the 1820 Missouri Compromise. This act allowed Missouri to enter the US as a slave state. In order to keep the balance between free and slave states intact. And, so Maine was created as a free state.
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Which state entered the Union at the same time as Missouri?
None, Maine was the only state to join the union in 1820.
What compromise is no longer apart of constitution?
maine entered the union as a slave state
Who wanted to join the union but was a free state?
Maine entered the union as a free state. Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Result of Missouri Compromise?
Missouri entered the union as a slave state, Maine entered the union as a free state, it was compromised that there would be no more slave states above the 36th parallel(Missouri was to be the only exception)
How were Maine and Missouri to be admitted to the Union?
Both Maine and Missouri were in the same position. They could not gain entrance to the union without the other. At the time, whenever a free state entered the union, a slave state had to enter also. So admitting Maine, meant admitting Missouri.
When Missouri entered the Union as a free state California entered the Union as a free state?
Under the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, Maine was the state that entered the Union with Missouri.
Which state entered the Union at the same time Missouri did?
Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820. Its admission to the Union balanced the simultaneous admission of Missouri as a slave state.
In 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as what?
Maine entered as a free state.
What did the The Missouri Compromise propose?
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is Maine's date entered union?
Maine was admitted into the Union on March 19, 1820 becoming the 23rd state to join the Union.
Was Maine a slave state during the civil war?
Nope, Maine was also a anti-slavery state since the start of it's joining into the Union in 1820. Maine joined the Union from the Compromise of 1820. Missouri wanted to become a slave state, but in order to keep a balance between slave to anti-slave states, Maine was then admitted to the Union as a free state(Missouri Compromise of 1820).
What two states entered the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the United States. Maine would be a free states, while Missouri would be a slave state.
