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'''Missouri''' is a state of the central [[Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 24th state in [[Year Admitted:=1821|1821]]. Under Spanish control from 1762 to 1800, the area passed to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Organized as a territory in 1812, Missouri's application for admission as a slaveholding state in 1817 sparked a bitter controversy over the question of extending slavery into new territories. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provided for the admission of [[Directory:Maine|Maine]] as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in the following year. Jefferson City is the capital and St. Louis the largest city. Population: [[Population:=5,800,000|5,800,000]].

'''Missouri''' is a state of the central [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 24th state in [[Year Admitted:=1821|1821]]. Under Spanish control from 1762 to 1800, the area passed to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Organized as a territory in 1812, Missouri's application for admission as a slaveholding state in 1817 sparked a bitter controversy over the question of extending slavery into new territories. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provided for the admission of [[Directory:Maine|Maine]] as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in the following year. Jefferson City is the capital and St. Louis the largest city. Population: [[Population:=5,800,000|5,800,000]].

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