In 1818, when missouri was ready for statehood, its settlers

Though Missouri was ready for statehood, the problem was that it was a slave state.  The U.S. government was trying to maintain a sensitive balance between Free state and slave state.  To solve this problem, they took in Main which was a free state thereby maintaining the balance.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

the virginia plan called for three branches of government and two houses of congress. representation in each house would be determined by population. the new jersey plan called for three branches of government and a single house of congress. each state would have an equal vote.