Maine was the 23rd state to enter the Union.
maine and missouri missouri would enter the union as a slave state maine would enter the union as a free state kept the balance between free and slave states equal
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.
The answer is March 15,1820 and it is the 23rd state to enter the union.
The answer is March 15,1820 and it is the 23rd state to enter the union.
Maine was admitted into the Union on March 19, 1820 becoming the 23rd state to join 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.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise temporarily settled the debate over slavery by allowing Missouri enter the Union as a slave state. Maine was allowed to enter the Union as a free state.
The compromise of 1820 allowed the state of Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state in exhange for Maine entering as a free state. The compromise also stated that any state west of the Mississippi River would enter as a free state.
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.