Which of the following statements best represents the desires and results of Missouri during the debate of statehood?
Citizens in the Missouri Territory did not want to become a state, but they were forced to.
The Missouri Territory was largely composed of citizens against slavery and wished to enter the U.S. as a free state.
Citizens of Missouri were split on the issue of slavery and could not make a decision to be a slaveholding or free state.
Most White citizens in Missouri enslaved people. They wished to enter the U.S. as a slaveholding state.