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Missouri was the 24th state admitted to the union of the United State of America on August 10, 1821.
the Missouri compromise determined that Missouri could become a state if
How long did it take Congress to admit Missouri as a state?
Maine would have to join as a free state so Missouri could become a slave state.
A) People who wanted to expand slavery in the territory of Missouri when it became a state, and B) people who wanted Missouri to be a free state, that did not have slavery in it. The pro slavers won the compromise, and Missouri was a slave state when it became a state, while Maine was admitted as a free state.