Question

Initially, northerners did not want Missouri to be included in the Union because _____.

1.) Maine would not be allowed to enter the Union as a free state

2.) Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a free state

3.) Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state

4.) Maine would not be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state

Answer 1

Initially northerners did not want Missouri to be included in the Union because:

3.) Missouri wanted to enter the Union as a slave state.

Missouri entering as a slave state would break the balance of free and slaves states (of which there were 11 on each side).