Missouri
they wanted to be admitted as a free state
Maine and Missouri. Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state due to where they were located on the map.
California's request to be admitted into the Union caused problems because the state wanted to be admitted as a free state. If the government allowed that it would have upset the balance of slave and free states.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state. This was part of the Missouri compromise in which Missouri would enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Maine entered as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise was when Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
alabama, which became a state in 1819, was admitted into the union as a slave state.
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
There was an issue over whether Missouri would become a slave or free state. It also raised the question of other new states being introduced into the United States. A compromise was made to allow Missouri to be admitted as a slave state and Kansas to be admitted as a free state.
Missouri slave state and Maine non slave state.