Which of the following statements BEST represents the desires and results of Missouri during the debate of statehood?


People in the Missouri territory did not want to become a state, but they were forced to.

The territory of Missouri was largely composed of citizens against slavery and wished to enter the U.S. as a free state.

Much of the population in Missouri came from slave states, and brought their slaves with them. They wished to enter the U.S. as a slave state.

Citizens of Missouri were split on the issue of slavery and could not make a decision to be a slave or free state.