Prior to Missouri entering the U. S. as a slave state and Maine as a free stato, how many slave and free states were there? Why might this be significant?

like  i dont know mate  get a calculator or something

Explanation:

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful. 

to demand women’s suffrage