As part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which territory was admitted to the Union as a free state to maintain sectional balance?
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Correct answer: Maine
To preserve the equal number of free and slave states, Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) was admitted as a free state. This balanced the admission of Missouri as a slave state.
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