Maine. It was one half of the divided state of Massachusetts. It represented another free state in the voting in Congress. This kept the balance, and allowed Missouri to be admitted to the Union as a slave-state.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise helped prevent the civil war by equalling the power in between free states(NORTH)and slave states(SOUTH)
After 1854, the Missouri Compromise, which was the attempt to balance the number of free states and slave states between the Northern and Southern states of the United States, was relinquished and replaced by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to maintain the balance of power between the North and South when Missouri petitioned for statehood. The Compromise allowed Missouri, a slave state, and Maine, a free state, in together thereby maintaining equality between the two sides. However, the Compromise went on to prohibit slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase that was north of latitude 36-30N.The Missouri Compromise that was passed in 1820 was between the pro slavery and anti slavery factions in the United States Congress.
Maine. It was one half of the divided state of Massachusetts. It represented another free state in the voting in Congress. This kept the balance, and allowed Missouri to be admitted to the Union as a slave-state.
Missouri Compromise
It's a tie between the states of Tennessee and Missouri, which both touch 8 other states.
Kansas City is located in two states: Missouri and Kansas. The city straddles the border between the two states, with the larger portion of the city being in Missouri.
The border between slave states and free states
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1820
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the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise helped prevent the civil war by equalling the power in between free states(NORTH)and slave states(SOUTH)
In total land mass, Missouri is close to the middle, actually comes in at 21 out of 50. Missouri is right between Oklahoma and Florida.