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Why did Missouri's request to join the united states in 1820 cause a crisis

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In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase.

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adding missouri would upset the balance between slave states and free states

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