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| | Missouri Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | During the Civil War, Missouri, a slave state, remained in the Union, but sentiment was split with a significant portion of the populace supporting the Confederate cause. |
 | | As of 2005, Missouri has an estimated population of 5,800,310, which is an increase of 40,778, or 0.7%, from the prior year and an increase of 203,627, or 3.6%, since the year 2000. |
 | | The University of Missouri is Missouri's statewide public university system, having campuses in Columbia, St. The state also funds a $2000, renewable merit-based scholarship, Bright Flight, given to the top 3% of Missouri High School graduates who attend a university in-state. |
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