Question

When Missouri Territory asked Congress for admission into the United States as a state, did Missouri want to be a free or slave state?

Answer 1

Missouri was a slave state.

Step-by-step explanation:

After this stalemate, Missouri renewed its application for statehood in late 1819. This time, Speaker of the House Henry Clay proposed that Congress admit Missouri to the Union as a slave state, but at the same time admit Maine (which at the time was part of Massachusetts) as a free state.