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Answer: It was a scandal during and after the 1972 Presidential Election. A security guard, discovered clues that former FBI and CIA agents broke into the offices of the Democratic Party and George McGovern months before the election.
Explanation:
Leading up the the Missouri Compromise, Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery states were causing a lot of tension between all of the states so the Union adopted Maine to help deal with this and balance out this issue of tension. Along with Maine, Missouri was adopted and signed in as a state to help balance out the southern Pro-slave states.
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