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What problem arose when Maine wanted to become a state?

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People went Nuts to whether or not Maine would be a Free state or a Slave state

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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 lands located north of the 36ΒΊ 30' parallel.
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