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I mean if you gloss over the concept of slave states then sure.

• treis 1y ago
  Can you explain what you mean?
  • kjkjadksj 1y ago
    Territories were not merely cut up into states. They were cut up into states in a way to ensure there would be an equal number of free states and slave states. Certain states might not have existed if not for these considerations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_states_and_free_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_states_and_free_states
    • returningfory2 1y ago
      This only reinforces my point, which is that most of the states don't have any preexisting status and were created by the federal government.