Maine ___ the 23rd state of the United States in 1820. Maine’s statehood was part of an agreement called the Missouri Compromise, which was about ending slavery. Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. There was a balance of type of states, which was the compromise.
a. becomes
b. became
c. becoming

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