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Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

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What is the name for the agreement that made both Missouri and Maine states?

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.


Why did Maine become a state?

Maine became a state in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. This act formed both Maine and Missouri to help keep the balance between free and slave states, Maine being a free state, and Missouri being a slave state. Maine had been part of Massachusetts until then.


Can Missouri unemployment take your Kansas unemployment if you owe in Missouri?

You need to check with both offices. Obviously you are collecting an accumulative benefit through the interstate agreement of the states and earned in the respective base periods of both.


What led to the Missouri compromise and what did it achieve?

The Missouri Compromise was Missouri (South) and Maine (North) wanting to come into the United States union, government didn't know if they both should be slave states or free states. An idea proposed by Henry Clay stated that Maine should be a free state, so Missouri should be a slave state. This achieved that any new state that wanted to become apart of the union above the 36'30 latitude are free states, then anything below the latitude are slave states.


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 Maine became a state in 1820 who had to agree?

It had to do with the Missouri Compromise, where both Missouri and Maine were applying for statehood. Maine was inducted as free, Missouri slave, and everything over the 36 30 line was free, except for Missouri. So who had to agree? The Senate and The House, so that they could get statehood. Without that, Maine would have been a state way later.


What admitted both Maine and Missouri to the Union and fixed the boundary between slave and free territories?

The Missouri Compromise of 1820.


Admitted both Maine and Missouri to the Union and fixed the boundary between slave and free territories?

The 1820 Missouri Compromise.


What states border both the Mississippi and Missouri rivers?

Iowa and Missouri.


What two states are border by 8 other states?

Both Tennessee and Missouri border 8 other states (the most of any).


Which two states tie for sharing borders with the greatest number of other states?

Tennessee and Missouri both border 8 states.


What is the same in Florida as in Missouri?

they are both states