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What would have happened if Missouri had joined the Union as a slave state

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(There would be more Western states in the Union.) - It was already in the union. So the question is very misleading. Missouri was part of the Union, it was going to swing Confederate but the pro-confederates were either killed or thrown off there land. Missouri was a slave owning state but didn't join the confederates because of the union keeping a stranglehold on the legislature. Like they did in Maryland.

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The balance of power in congress would have shifted
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