The Compromises
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The Compromises. Unit 1 Pre-Civil War. The Missouri Compromise (aka The Compromise of 1820). Keeps the balance between free states and slave states 36 30’ line No slavery above (except Missouri) Maine Free state Missouri Slave state. The Compromise of 1850. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The CompromisesUnit 1
Pre-Civil War
The Missouri Compromise(aka The Compromise of 1820)
• Keeps the balance between free states and slave states
• 36 30’ line– No slavery above (except Missouri)
• Maine– Free state
• Missouri– Slave state
The Compromise of 1850
• California enters as a free state (Gold Rush 49)• Henry Clay “The Great Compromiser”• Outlaws slavery in Washington D.C.• Fugitive slave act of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act 1854
• “Bleeding Kansas” violence• People from Missouri go to Kansas to vote
pro-slavery• Lawrence, Kansas attacked by pro-slavery
group• John Brown, the abolitionist
Preston Brooks v Charles Sumner
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