Missouri's admission to the Union as a slave state was balanced by the admission of the free state of

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, but also admitted Maine as a free state, thus preserving the balance of free and slave states in Congress. Ohio, Vermont, Minnesota, and Wisconsin were already states before 1820, so they were not part of the compromise.

Missouri's Admission to the Union as a Slave State Was