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Which state was admitted to the Union as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

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Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise.

In an effort to maintain a balance between slave and free states in the Congress, they also admitted Maine as a free state at the same time.

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Missouri was admitted.

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