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Missouri Admitted to the Union as the 24th State

Congress approved and the nation recognized Missouri's admission to the Union, making it the 24th state on August 10, 1821.

Missouri Admitted to the Union as the 24th State

Missouri's admission completed the political implementation of the Missouri Compromise and had lasting significance for the balance between slave and free states and sectional tensions in the early republic.

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