Alabama's admission expanded U.S. territory and strengthened the number of slaveholding states, affecting the sectional balance that helped precipitate the Missouri Compromise debates.
On December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted to the United States as the 22nd state.
Alabama's admission expanded U.S. territory and strengthened the number of slaveholding states, affecting the sectional balance that helped precipitate the Missouri Compromise debates.
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