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Missouri just joined the union as a slave state
That's exactly what happened, as specified by the Missouri Compromise of 1820!
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri (1821), Arkansas (1836), Florida (1845), and Texas (1845) Hope this helps! :)
After a short time they joined the Union side and fought against the Confederacy. However a part of their citizen, especially those of Missouri and Kentucky, enlisted themselves voluntarily in the Confederate Army.
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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).
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.
Missouri joined as a slave state and Maine joined as a free state.
Missouri would be admitted to the union 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.
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