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Louisiana Purchase and once, a "border state"

a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri

(Ma ZOO ree or Ma ZOOR ah) American Indian tribe living in the present-day states of Iowa and Nebraska at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They are closely related to the Oto tribe (O toe). The Missouri Indians farmed and hunted game for their subsistence. They lived in dwellings made of hides, bark, or thatch.

the state that borders Illinois on the southwest, across the Mississippi River.

Missouri (pronounced: or ), named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe whose Illinois name, ouemessourita (wimihsooritaMcCafferty, Michael. 2004. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_speech/v079/79.1mccafferty.html Correction: Etymology of Missouri. American Speech, 79.1:32), (meaning "those who have dugout canoes" http://www.bartleby.com/61/41/M0344100.html American Heritage Dictionary: Missouri), is the 24th state admitted to the United States. It is a state with both Midwestern and Southern cultural influences, reflecting its history as a border state between the two regions.